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F :: F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma /, which probably had the value of English w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoenician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. pe`nte; E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos; E. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit, brook, v. t.;

Brooked :: Brooked (imp. & p. p.) of Broo.

Crooking :: Crooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Croo.

Burnie :: Burnie (n.) A small brook.

Crookedly :: Crookedly (adv.) In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner.

Guaiacum :: Guaiacum (n.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America..

Crook :: Crook (n.) A pothook.

Comport :: Comport (v. t.) To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with.

Brooklime :: Brooklime (n.) A plant (Veronica Beccabunga), with flowers, usually blue, in axillary racemes. The American species is V. Americana..

Rookery :: Rookery (n.) A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings.

Crook :: Crook (n.) A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc..

High-spirited :: High-spirited (a.) Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition.

Crump :: Crump (a.) Crooked; bent.

Golf :: Golf (n.) A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner.

Zigzaggery :: Zigzaggery (n.) The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.

Rook :: Rook (n.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species..

Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support..

Cowhage :: Cowhage (n.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spiculae are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge..

Throw-crook :: Throw-crook (n.) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.

Brookweed :: Brookweed (n.) A small white-flowered herb (Samolus Valerandi) found usually in wet places; water pimpernel.

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