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51fester — /ˈfɛstə / (say festuh) verb (i) 1. to generate purulent matter; suppurate. 2. to cause ulceration, or rankle, as a foreign body in the flesh. 3. to putrefy or rot. 4. to rankle, as a feeling of resentment. 5. Colloquial to waste time when one is… …
52fester — [fes′tər] n. [ME festre < OFr < L fistula: see FISTULA] a small sore filled with pus; pustule vi. [ME festren < the n.] 1. to form pus; ulcerate 2. a) to grow embittered; rankle b) to grow or inc …
53fes|ter — «FEHS tuhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to form pus; suppurate: »The neglected wound festered and became very painful. 2. to poison or inflame the surrounding parts progressively, as a disease does. 3. Figurative. to cause soreness or pain; rankle:… …
54Billet — Bil let, n. [F. billet, dim. of an OF. bille bill. See {Bill} a writing.] 1. A small paper; a note; a short letter. I got your melancholy billet. Sterne. [1913 Webster] 2. A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge;… …
55Fester — Fes ter, v. t. To cause to fester or rankle. [1913 Webster] For which I burnt in inward, swelt ring hate, And festered ranking malice in my breast. Marston. [1913 Webster] …
56Fret — Fret, v. i. 1. To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges. [1913 Webster] 2. To eat in; to make way by corrosion. [1913 Webster] Many wheals arose, and fretted one into another with great excoriation. Wiseman. [1913… …
57fester — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French festre, from Latin fistula pipe, fistulous ulcer Date: 14th century a suppurating sore ; pustule II. verb (festered; festering) Date: 14th century intransitive verb …
58Uncle Tom — This article is about the racial term. For the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, see Uncle Tom s Cabin. For the P. G. Wodehouse character, see Tom Travers. A 1901 stage adaptation of Uncle Tom s Cabin containing mixed elements of Harriet Beecher… …
59Evelyn Waugh — Infobox Writer name = Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh caption = Evelyn Waugh, as photographed in 1940 by Carl Van Vechten birthdate = 28 October 1903 birthplace = London, England deathdate = 10 April 1966 (aged 62) deathplace = Taunton, Somerset,… …
60White Russia — ( be. Белая Русь en. White Ruthenia) is a name that has historically been applied to various regions in Eastern Europe, most often to that which roughly corresponds to present day Belarus. In English, the use of White Russia to refer to Belarus… …
