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Whoso fair thing does fain to see.

||Fai`né`ant" (f&asl;`n&asl;`äN"),
a. [F.; fait he does + néant
nothing.] Doing nothing; shiftless. --
n. A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a
sluggard. Sir W. Scott.

Faint (fānt), a.
[Compar. Fainter (-&etilde;r);
superl. Faintest.] [OE. feint,
faint, false, faint, F. feint, p. p. of feindre
to feign, suppose, hesitate. See Feign, and cf. Feint.]
1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to
swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy;
timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart
ne'er won fair lady." Old Proverb.

3. Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible;
striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or
forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.

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