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"Section F, G and H"

] A fortune teller.


{ Fat"i*mite (?), Fat"i*mide (?) },
a. (Hist.) Descended from Fatima, the
daughter and only child of Mohammed.
-- n.
A descendant of Fatima.


Fa*tis"cence (?), n. [L.
fatiscense, p. pr. of fatiscere to gape or crack open.]
A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having
apertures.
Kirwan.


Fat"-kid`neyed (?), a. Gross;
lubberly.


Peace, ye fat-kidneyed rascal !

Shak.


Fat"ling (?), n. [Fat + -
ling
.] A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for
slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for
food.


He sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

2 Sam. vi. 13.


Fat"ly, adv. Grossly;
greasily.


Fat"ner (?), n. One who fattens.
[R.] See Fattener.
Arbuthnit.


Fat"ness, n. 1.


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