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Faint"ish, a. Slightly faint;
somewhat faint. -- Faint"ish*ness,
n.

Faint"ling (?), a. Timorous;
feeble-minded. [Obs.] "A fainting, silly creature."
Arbuthnot.

Faint"ly, adv. In a faint, weak,
or timidmanner.

Faint"ness, n. 1.
The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness,
and self-control.

2. Want of vigor or energy.
Spenser.

3. Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of
distinctness; as, faintness of description.

4. Faint-heartedness; timorousness;
dejection.

I will send a faintness into their
hearts.

Faints (?), n. pl. The impure
spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky;
-- the former being called the strong faints, and the latter,
which is much more abundant, the weak faints.


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