4. Feminine, delicate, soft, weak, gentle.

Females, n. pl. Women, woman, female sex, the fair, the fair sex.

Feme-covert, Femme-covert, n. [Fr.] Married women.

Feme-sole, Femme-sole, n. [Fr.] (Law.) Single woman, unmarried woman.

Feminality, n. Womanhood, femineity, female nature, feminineness, feminacy.

Femineity, n. See feminality.

Feminine, a.

    1. Soft, tender, delicate, female. See womanly.
    2. Effeminate, unmanly, weak.

Feminity, Femininity, n.

    1. Female quality, feminineness.
    2. Effeminacy, effeminateness, unmanliness, want of masculine force.

Femur, n. (Anat.) Thigh-bone.

Fen, n. Marsh, swamp, bog, moor, morass, quagmire.

Fence, n.

    1. Protecting enclosure,—wall, hedge, post-and-rail framing, wire-guard, palings, etc. (as the case may be).
    2. Shield, guard, security, protection, defence.
    3. Fencing, art of self-defence, swordsmanship, sword-play.
    4. Defensive argument, skill in refutation.

Fence, v. a.

    1. Enclose with a fence.
    2. Guard, fortify, defend.

  By PanEris using Melati.

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