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[FICE]
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en] , [en] , [en]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] [en] .
2. * 1805 October 3, Lorenzo Dow, journal, in Orrin Scofield (ed.), _Perambulations of Cosmopolite; or Travels and Labors of Lorenzo Dow, in Europe and America_ , Orrin Scofield (1842), page 178 (see http://books.google.com/books?id=wlFDppOZtpgC&pg=PA178&dq=fice) ,
3. *: He wrote a letter to Bob Sample, one of the most popular A-double-L-part preachers in the country, who like a little FICE , or cur dog, would rail behind my back.
4. * _A_ 1849, James W. C. Pennington, _The Fugitive Blacksmith; or, Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington, Pastor of a Presbyterian Church, New York, Formerly a Slave in the State of Maryland, United States_ , Second Edition, Charles Gilpin (1849), pages 33–34 (see http://books.google.com/books?id=yFUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA33&dq=fice) ,
5. *: Besides inflicting upon my own excited imagination the belief that I made noise enough to be heard by the inmates of the house who were likely to be rising at the time, I had the misfortune to attract the notice of a little house-dog, such as we call in that part of the world a “ FICE ,’ [sic] on account of its being not only the smallest species of the canine race, but also, because it is the most saucy, noisy, and teasing of all dogs.
6. * 1873, Joseph S. Williams, _Old Times in West Tennessee: Reminiscences—Semi-historic—of Pioneer Life and the Early Emigrant Settlers in the Big Hatchie Country_ , W. G. Cheeney, page 260 (see http://books.google.com/books?id=9sgwAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA260&dq=fice) ,
7. *: One August afternoon he was returning from his dinner, when near the public square, he came to a little white FICE dog and another little dog grining [sic] and growling at each other on the sidewalk.
8. * 1955, John F. Kennedy, _Profiles in Courage_ , Harper and Brothers Publishers, page 114
9. *: At Belton, an armed thug suddenly arose and started toward him. But old Sam Houston, looking him right in the eye, put each hand on his own pistols: "Ladies and Gentlemen, keep your seats. It is nothing but a FICE barking at the lion in his den.
10. * 1995, George Cauley, quoted in Mark Derr, _Dog’s Best Friend: Annals of the Dog-Human Relationship_ , University of Chicago Press (2004), [0-226-14280-9] , page 57,
11. *: When I was growing up, everybody had a little dog they called a feist or FICE and a big yard dog, a cur.
**** Derived terms
- [en]
** Latin
*** Noun
[la]
1. [la]
** Old English
*** Pronunciation
- [fīce]
*** Noun
[ang]
1. [ang]
** Spanish
*** Verb
[es]
1. [facer]