Fourthly
(Fourth"ly), adv. In the fourth place.
Four-way
(Four"-way`) a. Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve.
Francis.
Four-way cock,
a cock connected with four pipes or ports, and having two or more passages in the
plug, by which the adjacent pipes or ports may be made to communicate; formerly used as a valve in
the steam engine, and now for various other purposes. In the illustration, a leads to the upper end of a
steam engine cylinder, and b to the lower end; c is the steam pipe, and d the exhaust pipe.
Four-wheeled
(Four"-wheeled`) a. Having four wheels.
Four-wheeler
(Four"-wheel`er) n. A vehicle having four wheels. [Colloq.]
Foussa
(||Fous"sa) n. [Natibe name.] (Zoöl.) A viverrine animal of Madagascar It resembles a cat in
size and form, and has retractile claws.
Fouter
(Fou"ter) n. [F. foutre to lecher, L. futuere. Cf. Fouty.] A despicable fellow. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett.
Foutra
(Fou"tra) n. [See Fouter.] A fig; — a word of contempt. [Obs.]
A foutra for the world and wordlings base!
Shak. Fouty
(Fou"ty) a. [Cf. F. foutu, p. p. of foutre; OF. foutu scoundrel. See Fouter.] Despicable. [Obs.]
Fovea
(||Fo"ve*a) n.; pl. Foveæ [L., a small pit.] A slight depression or pit; a fossa.
Foveate
(Fo"ve*ate) a. [L. fovea a pit.] Having pits or depressions; pitted.
Foveola
(||Fo*ve"o*la) n.; pl. Foveolæ [NL., dim. of L. fovea.] A small depression or pit; a fovea.
Foveolate
(Fo"ve*o*late) a. Having small pits or depressions, as the receptacle in some composite
flowers.
Foveolated
(Fo"ve*o*la`ted) a. Foveolate.
Fovilla
(Fo*vil"la) n.; pl. Fovillæ [Dim. fr. L. fovere to cherish.] (Bot.) One of the fine granules contained
in the protoplasm of a pollen grain.
Fowl
(Fowl) n. Instead of the pl. Fowls the singular is often used collectively. [OE. foul, fowel, foghel,
fuhel, fugel, AS. fugol; akin to OS. fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal, Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel,
fågel, Goth. fugls; of unknown origin, possibly by loss of l, from the root of E. fly, or akin to E. fox, as
being a tailed animal.]
1. Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.
Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air.
Gen. i. 26.
Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not.
Matt. vi. 26.
Like a flight of fowl
Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts.
Shak. 2. Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common
domestic cock or hen
Barndoor fowl, or
Barnyard fowl,
a fowl that frequents the barnyard; the common domestic cock or
hen.