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"Section F, G and H"

t. [F. fiancer.
See Affiance.] To betroth; to affiance. [Obs.]
Harmar.


||Fi`an`cé" (?), n. [F.] A
betrothed man.


||Fi`an`cée" (?), n. [F.] A
betrothed woman.


Fi"ants (?), n. [F. fiente
dung.] The dung of the fox, wolf, boar, or badger.


Fi"ar (? or ?), n. [See Feuar.]
1. (Scots Law) One in whom the property
of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a life
renter.


I am fiar of the lands; she a life
renter.
Sir W. Scott.


2. pl. The price of grain, as legally
fixed, in the counties of Scotland, for the current year.


||Fi*as"co (?), n.; pl.
Fiascoes (#). [It.] A complete or ridiculous
failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious
undertaking.


Fi"at (?), n. [L., let it be done, 3d
pers. sing., subj. pres., fr. fieri, used as pass.


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