FIRMNESS That admirable quality in ourselves that is detestable stubbornness in others.
FIG Nothing. Note, "I don't care a fig," etc.
FIG LEAF A small outer garment, next to nothing, worn by Adam 4000 B.C. and occasionally revived by Bostonian Art Committees.
FISHING An heroic treatment tried by some laymen to avoid falling asleep in church on Sunday.
FLAT A series of padded cells, commonly found in cities, in which are confined harmless monomaniacs who imagine Home to be a Sardine Box.