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FEST1 Dies, in Roman antiquity, certain days in the year,-devoted to the honour of the gods.
FES'T1NO , in logic, the third mood of the second figure ofthe syllogism, the first proportion whertof is an universal nega-tive , the second a particular affirmative, and the third a particularnegative ; as in the following example :
FES No bad man can he happy.
Tl Some rich men are bad men.
NO Ergo, some rich men are not happy.FESTOON, [Jeston, French, ] an ornament of carved work inthe form of a wreath or garland of flowers, or leaves twisted toge-ther, thickest at the middle and Upended by the two extremes,where it hangs down perpendicularly.
Festoons are now chiefly used in friezes, and other vacantplaces which want to be filled up and adorned; being done inimitation of the long clusters of (towers, which the ancientsplaced on the doors oi their temples and houses on festival occa-sions.
FESTUCA, or FESCUE, in botany, a gemts of the digyniaorder, and triandria class of plants; natural order, Gramma. Ca-lyx bivalved; spicula or paitial spike oblong, roundish; glumesacuminated. There are 26 species ; of which, the
E. Flujtans, Floating Fescue, so called from its growingin wet ditches and ponds, is remarkable for the uses made of itsseeds, which are small, but very sweet and nourishing. Theyare collected in several parts of Germany and Poland , under tilename of manna seeds ; and are used at the tables of the great, insoups and gruels, on account of their nutritious quality and grate-ful flavour. When ground to meal, they make bread very littleinferior to that in common use. The bran, separated in preparingthe meal, is given to horses that have worms. Geese are also very-fond of these seeds. Mr. Lightfoot recommends this as a propergrass to be sown in wet meadows.
FETE, a French word , signifying a feast, festival, or holiday,half adopted into the English language, but which, with manyothers, it stands in no need of.
FETHARD, a borough of Ireland , in Tipperary, 8 miles S. E.of Cashel, and 86 S. S. W. of Dublin .
Fethard, a town of Wexford, on the coast, 81 milesS. of Dub-lin . Lon. 6, 42. W. lait. 52. 10. N.
FETLOCK, in the manege, a tuft of hair growing behind thepastern joint of many horses; for those of a low size have scarceany such tuft.
FE'l'U, or AFFETU, a small kingdom of Africa , on thcGoldCoast] 1 E. of Commendo. It is naturally fertile, abounding incorn, fruits, trees, palm wine, oil, and cattle. The Dutch have afort in it.
FEU, the tenure by which lands are held. See Fee, Fee-farm, Feu-holding, and Tenure.
FEUD, in our ancient customs, is used for a capital quarrel orenmity, not to be satisfied but with the death of the enemy ; andthence usually called deadly feud. Feud, called also feida, and .Lida, in the original German signifies guerram, i. e. war. Lam-bert writes it fetth, and says, “ it signifies cupituUx inivucitian,implacable hatred.” In Scotl nd and the north of England, feudis particularly used for a combination of kindred, to revenge thedeath of any of their blood, against the killer and all his race, oranv other great enemy.
Thud, [F oda,"] in law, the same with Fief, or Fee. See Feod and Feodal System
FEUDAL, or FEODAL. See Feodal .
FEUDA TORY. See Feodal and Tenure.FEUDERSDORF, a town of Upper Saxony, in Brandenburg,
7 miles W. N. W. ot S orkow.
FEU-DUTY, in Scots law, the annual rent or duty which avassal, by the tenure of his right, becomes bound to pay to hissuperior.
FE .'ER. See Medicine. The ancients deified the diseasesas well as the pas-loin and affections of men. Virgil places themin the entrance into hell, Ain. vi. 273.
Fever, in farriery. See Farriery .
F EVERFEW, in hotanv. See Matricaria.
F-.verfew, Bastard. See Parthf.nium.
FEVEKSUAM, or FAVERSilAM, a towa of England in
Kent, seated on a branch of the Thames , 9 miles VV. of Caulcr-burv, and 47 E. of London .
FEU-IIOLDING, in Scots law, that particular tenure bywhich a vassal is' bound to pay an annual rent or feu-duty to hissuperior.
FEV1LLEA, in botany, a genus of the pentandria order, anddicecia class of plants ; natural order, Cticurbilarea.'. Male, ca-lyx live-cleft; corolla five-cleft; stamens live ; nectary five con-verging filaments : female, calyx five-cleft ; styles three ; pomehard, three-celled, corticose. There are two species.
FEVRE, James i.e, or Jacobus Faber, as he stileil himselfin his Latin works, “ was, says Bayle, a very little man, but agreat genius, and of much learning.” He was born in Picardy,and was one of those who began to expel barbarism from the uni-versity of Paris. Being suspected of Lutheranism he retired toMeaux, ami afterwards to Blob, Guictme, and Navarre, in whichkingdom lie enjoyed the protection and favour of Queen Marga-ret. Like his friend Erasmus , though he disapproved of the errorsof the church of Rome , yet as he also censured some things in theconduct of the reformers, he never outwardly left it, which is saidto have given him great remorse before his death. He publishedtranslations, notes, and commentaries, on Paul’s epistles in 1512, andon other parts of the New Testament in 1522.
Fevre, Tanegui le, an excellent scholar in the Greek andRoman learning, born at Caen in Normandy, in 1615. CardinalRichelieu gave him a pension of 2000 livres to inspect all theworks published at Louvre, and designed to have made him prin-cipal of a college he w is about to erect at Richelieu. But thecardinal’s death cut off his hopes ; and Cardinal Mazarine havingno great relish for learning, his pension was ill paid. Sometimeafter, the Marquis tie Franciere, governor of Langres , took himalong w ith him to his government, where he embraced the Pro-testant religion ; after which he was invited to Saumur , where hewas chosen Greek professor. lie there taught with extraordinaryreputation. Young men were sent to him from all the provincesin the kingdom, and even from foreign countries, while divinesand professors themselves gloried in attending his lectures. Hewas preparing to go to Heidelberg , whither he was invited by thqPrince Palatine, when he died, aged 57. He wrote Notes ouAnacreon, Lucretius, Longinus, Phadrus, Justin, Terence, Vir-gil, Horace, Alban, Eutropius, Aurelius Victor , Dionysius, &c.
A short account of the lives of the Greek poets. Two volumesof letters; and many other works. He left a son, and twodaughters, one of whom was the celebrated Madame Dacier . Inhis Latin works he assumed the name of Tanaquil Faber .
FEURS, an ancient town of France , in the department ofRhone and Loire, and late province of Forez ; seated on theLoire , 25 miles S. W. of Lyons.
FEZ, a country of Africa , in Barbary, formerly a very extensivekingdom, but now united to (he empire of Morocco . It isbounded on the E. by Algiers, on the S. by Morocco and Tasilt,on the W. by the Atlantic, and on the N. by the Mediterraneanand the Straits of Gibraltar . It is divided into nine provinces.The climate is temperate, and the soil, though badly cultivated, isfertileproducing corn, lemons, oranges, ligs, olives, citrons,dates, almonds, raisins, sugar-canes, cotton, and flax. The countryabounds with honey, wax, salt, gums, Ac. as well as with varietyof wild and domestic, auimals. 'The lions are reckoned the mostdaring in all Africa , and the horses are the finest in Barbary.Camels, ostriches, goats, sheep, hares, Ac. are numerous. The -chiei exports are skins, furs, wool, Morocco leather, gold dust,ostrich feathers, and the productions mentioned above; the im-port-, arms, ammunition, steel, iron, brass, quick-silver, spiceries,cochineal, vermiUiou, alum, opium, tartar, English woolien clothslinens, muslins, calicoes, fustians, damasks, brocades, velvets,silks, paper, combs, watches, looking-glasses, anil earthenwares.Though Fez is the capital, Sallee is the chief port for thepirates.
Fez, the capital of the above kingdom, is described as a verylarge place, surrounded with high walls, within which there are hilts 'and vallevs, only the noddle he.ng level and Hat. 'The river, whichruns through the city, is d,voted into two streams, from w/nchcanals an cut into every part ot the town; so that the mosques,colleges, palaces, and the houses of great men, are amply suppliedwith water. It contains about 80,000 inhabitants; and is seated5 on