Defn: A small dog; — written also fise, fyce, fiste, etc. [Southern
U.S.]
FICHE
Fi*ché, a. (Her.)
Defn: See FitchÉ.
FICHTELITE
Fich"tel*ite, n. (Min.)
Defn: A white crystallized mineral resin from the Fichtelgebirge,
Bavaria.
FICHU
Fich"u, n. Etym: [F., neckerchief.]
Defn: A light cape, usually of lace, worn by women, to cover the neck and throat, and extending to the shoulders.
FICKLE
Fic"kle, a. Etym: [OE. fikel untrustworthy, deceitful, AS. ficol, fr.
fic, gefic, fraud, deceit; cf. facen deceit, OS. f, OHG. feichan,
Icel. feikn portent. Cf. Fidget.]
Defn: Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable
mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as,
Fortune's fickle wheel. Shak.
They know how fickle common lovers are. Dryden.
Syn. — Wavering; irresolute; unsettled; vacillating; unstable; inconsonant; unsteady; variable; mutable; changeful; capricious; veering; shifting.