Falster
one of the Danish islands straits from Zealand on the N., Moen on the N. E., and Laaland on the W.; ing from 3 to 14 miles; area, 194 square length, N. to S., 27 miles; breadth, varymiles; surface, almost entirely flat. Falster is the pleasantest of all the Danish islands, is well watered, richly wooded, and so prolific in fruit that it has been called the "orchard of Denmark." Products, corn, hemp, hops, cattle, honey, on. wax, etc. Some shi shipbuilding is carried 40,000. Capital , Nykjöbing. Pop. about port town of the island of Cyprus, 40 FAMAGUSTA (fa-magoos'ta), a seamiles E. of Nicosia. Famagusta is built on the ruins of the ancient Arsinoë, and of the richest and most populous towns during the Venetian régime gime it was one in the Levant. It is now almost in ruins, with its once fine harbor almost choked up with sand, having declined since its the Turks in 1571. About conquest by the 5 miles N. E. are the ruins of Constan- Salamis, now called Eski, or Old Famatia, occupying the site of the ancient gusta. Guy de Lusignan was here crowned King of Cyprus in 1191. a parents, children, and servants; the col-
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Fama
in Roman mythology, the goddess of rumor, of fame,--of evil and of good report. Fama is the daughter of Earth,--a slight, winged creature, swift of foot. Fama never sleeps. What she sees and hears she whispers to a few; then she speaks it more and more loudly to an ever widening circle of listeners, until heaven and earth have heard the news. She is represented with a trumpet. Virgil describes Fama in the Aeneid: Swift is her walk; more swift her winged haste-- A monstrous phantom, horrible and vast. As many plumes as raise her lofty flight, So many piercing eyes enlarge her sight: Millions of op'ning mouths to Fame belong: And every mouth is furnish'd with a tongue; And round with list'ning ears the flying plague is hung. She fills the peaceful universe with cries: No slumbers ever close her wakeful eyes:... Talk is her bus'ness; and her chief delight To tell of prodigies, and cause affright.
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Fan Coral
in zoology, the name of the genus Rhipidogorgia, belonging to the family Gorgonidæ.
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Fanatic
a person affected by excessive zeal and enthusiasm, especially on religious subjects; one laboring under wild and extravagant notions of religion; an enthusiast; a visionary. In ancient Rome the term was applied to such as passed their time in temples, and who, pretending to be inspired by the divinity, would burst into wild and frantic gestures, utter pretended prophecies, cut themselves with knives, etc. Hence, the term has in modern times come to be applied to such as manifest a religious enthusiasm, uncontrolled by Fanaticism is reason or experience. sometimes applied in a wider sense to any excessive prepossession of the mind by ideas of any kind. It has prevailed under different forms in all ages of the world; and one of its most remarkable and dangerous features is the tendency that it has to spread over large masses of a people. The very earnestness of the fanatic serves to carry conviction to the minds of others. Among persons of this class were Madame Guyon, Joanna Southcott, and numerous others.
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Faneuil
PETER, an American merchant; born in New Rochelle, N. Y., in 1700; settled in Boston, Mass., where he became a successful merchant. In per- 1740 he built a market house at his sonal expense as a gift to the town. During the Revolutionary War this building was often used as a meeting place by the patriots. Owing to the many stirring debates that occurred here, the hall received the name of "the Cradle of American Liberty." Faneuil died in Boston, Mass., March 3, 1743. See FANEUIL HALL.
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Faneuil Hall
a public hall in to the town by Peter Boston, presented nted Faneuil, in 1740. In 1761 it was destroyed by fire. In 1763 it was rebuilt by the town; and, in 1775, during the British occupation of Boston, it was used for a theater. It is an edifice about 80 feet square; the hall contains some fine paintings; and the basement is still used as a market. See FANEUIL, PETER.
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Fanning Islands
a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, lying between longitude 157° and 163° West. The group has an area of about 260 square miles. The chief islands are Christmas, Fanning, Jarvis, Washington, and Palmyra. They have been the property of Great Britain since 1888. Pop. about 200. FANO (ancient Fanum Fortune, from a temple dedicated to the goddess Fortuna); a well-built town and seaport of central Italy, province of Urbino, 7 miles S. E. of Pesaro, and 29 N. W. by W. of Ancona. Manufactures silk stuffs, twists, etc. Pop. about 12,000.
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Fantail
in zoölogy, a genus of Australian birds (Rhipidura) belonging to the family Muscicapide. They derive their name from the fan-like shape of their tails. Also a variety of the domestic pigeon. In gas lighting a form of gas burner, in which the burning jet has an arched form. In carpentry, a kind of joint. Fantail warbler; in ornithology, Cisticola cursitans, a very tiny bird, somewhat like a diminutive lark. It is a native of southern Europe, Africa, India, and China.
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Fantasia
in music, a species of composition in which the author confines himself to no particular form or theme, but ranges as his fancy leads amid various airs and movements.
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Fantasmagoriana
The title of a collection of popular stories, dealing mainly with apparitions and spectres, which was published in Paris in 1812. The contents were for the most part translated from the German.
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Fantis
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) a negro people on the Gold Coast of Africa. They were once the most numerous and powerful people on the Gold Coast. In 1873 they were attacked by the Ashantees who after a considerable struggle were conquered by British forces. Ashantee became a British protectorate in 1896, and was annexed in 1901. FARAD (from Michael Faraday, the great electrician), the standard electrical unit, which is measured by the capacity of a condenser, that with an electromotive force of one volt is able to overcome a resistance equivalent to one ohm in one second, or in other words, the resistance offered by a cylindrical copper wire 250 feet long, 1-20 inch in diameter, the ohm being the magneto-electric unit.
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