FANEGA
Fa*ne"ga, n. Etym: [Sp.]
Defn: A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1 De
Colange.
FANFARE
Fan"fare`, n. Etym: [F. Cf. Fanfaron.]
Defn: A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.;
also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the
chase.
The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes.
Sir W. Scott.
FANFARON
Fan"fa*ron, n. Etym: [F., fr. Sp. fanfarron; cf. It. fanfano, and
OSp. fanfa swaggering, boasting, also Ar. farfar talkative.]
Defn: A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster. [R.] Dryden.
FANFARONADE
Fan*far`on*ade", n. Etym: [F. fanfaronnade, fr. Sp. fanfarronada. See
Fanfaron.]
Defn: A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. Swift.
FANFOOT Fan"foot`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes. (b) Any moth of the genus Polypogon.
FANG Fang, v. t. Etym: [OE. fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p.p. and imp. tense), AS. f; akin to D. vangen, OHG. fahan, G. fahen, fangen, Isel. fa, Sw. f, f, Dan. fange, faae, Goth. fahan, and prob. to E. fair, peace, pact. Cf. Fair, a.]