- 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.