The press dispatches of February 18, 1892, told in detail how he was tied to a tree, the flesh cut from his body by men and boys, and after coal oil was poured over him, the woman he had assaulted gladly set fire to him, and 15,000 persons saw him burn to death.
— from The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Fern , adj. and adv. old, long ago, C2, PP; ferne , CM; furn , MD.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

A few of the most common and well-known terms used out of doors, with reference to legal matters, are “cook,” to hash or make up a balance-sheet; “dipped,” mortgaged; “dun” (from a famous writ or process-server named Dunn), to solicit payment; “fullied,” to be “fully committed for trial;” “land shark,” a sailor’s definition of a lawyer; “limb of the law,” a milder term for the same “professional;” “monkey with a long tail,” a mortgage; “mouthpiece,” the thief’s term for his counsel; “to run through the ring,” to take advantage of the Insolvency Act; “smash,” to become bankrupt; “snipe,” an attorney with a long bill; and “whitewash,” to take the benefit of the Insolvent Act.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

Cogollo (Cogollo & Co.); Fossi (Fossi & Co.); B M & C (Breur. Moller & Co.); B & C (Blohm & Co.); FST & C (Filipe S. Toledo & Co.); V D R & C (Van Dessel, Rodo & Co.); and J E C & C over R G E (J.E. Carret & Co.).
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Fertigungsprogramm production programme Fertigungsstelle production centre Fertigungssteuerung process control Fertigungssteuerung progressing Fertigungsstraße production line Fertigungsstufe stage of production Fertigungsüberwachung production control Fertigungsunterbrechung process interruption Fertigungsunterbrechung; Prozessunterbrechung process interruption Fertigungsverfahren manufacturing process Fertigungsverfahren production technique Fertigungsverfahren; Herstellungsverfahren production process Fertigungsvertrag manufacturing agreement Fertigungsvertrag manufacturing contract Fertigungsvolumen; Umfang der Fertigung volume of output Fertigungszeit processing time Fertigungsziel production target Fertigwaren finished goods Fertigwarenlager finished goods store Fertigwarenlagerung storage of finished goods Fessel; Handschellen handcuffs fesseln handcuff fest firm fest angelegtes Geld locked-up money fest angelegtes Geld tied up money fest; Firma firm festangestellter Beschäftigter permanent employee feste Anstellung regular employment feste Anstellung; Dauerstellung permanent appointment feste Gebühr fixed charge feste Haltung firm attitude feste Kurse firm prices feste Regel inflexible rule fester Preis firm price fester Wohnsitz fixed abode festes Inventar fixture Festgeld cash on deposit Festgeld fixed deposit Festgeld time deposit festgelegt fixed festhalten adhere festhalten; innehalten hold Festigung der Preise consolidation of prices Festkommarechnung fixed -point calculation festlegen constitute festsetzen fix Festsetzung fixation Festsetzung des Zolles assessment of duty Festsetzung des Zollwertes assessment of dutiable value feststellbar ascertainable feststellen; nachprüfen ascertain Feststellung ascertainment festverzinslich fixed interest bearing fette Schrift bold face fetter Satz bold type Fettschrift heavy type Feudalsystem feudal system feuergefährlich inflammable Feuerschutz fire protection Feuersgefahren fire hazards Feuerversicherung fire insurance fieberhafte Tätigkeit feverish activity fiktive Bevölkerung ghost population Filialbank affiliated bank Filialbanksystem branch banking Filiale branch office Filiale integrated store Filialladen multiple shop Filialladen multiple store Filialleiter branch manager Filialleiter; Geschäftsstellenleiter branch manager Filmrolle film reel Filmstreifen film strip Filmstreifen; Diastreifen; Diafilm filmstrip Filmwerbung screen advertising Finanzamt revenue office Finanzamt tax office Finanzanalyse financial analysis Finanzanalyseabteilung analysis department Finanzaufstellung financial statement Finanzausschuß financial committee Finanzbehörden revenue authorities
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

‘I felt compassion for him,’ said Louisa, her colour deepening, ‘and I wished to know what he was going to do, and wished to offer him assistance.’
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

Though Sophia came head foremost to the ground, she happily received not the least damage: and the same circumstances which had perhaps contributed to her fall now preserved her from confusion; for the lane which they were then passing was narrow, and very much overgrown with trees, so that the moon could here afford very little light, and was moreover, at present, so obscured in a cloud, that it was almost perfectly dark.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

where the rigid North A flush of rich meridian glow doth feel, Caught from reflected suns of bright Castile.
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

For on the 14th, while Churchill was travelling in the train to Bradford, Seely, the Secretary of State for War, was drafting a letter to Sir Arthur Paget, the Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, informing him of reports (it was never discovered where the reports, which were without the smallest foundation, came from) that attempts might be made "in various parts of Ireland by evil-disposed persons" to raid Government stores of arms and ammunition, and instructing the General to "take special precautions" to safeguard the military depots.
— from Ulster's Stand For Union by Ronald McNeill

and by and by she'll be sighing for Claude Flaquart's cottage.'
— from Frédérique, vol. 1 by Paul de Kock

For fully a week this running fight was kept up; then the two fleets came face to face with each other off the town of Calais.
— from Stories from English History by Hilda T. Skae

Yet, notwithstanding his love for Christian finery, the red heathen could hardly have had much love for Christian people, as was evident from the fairhaired scalps which hung at his girdle; and altogether he was as ugly and ferocious-looking a barbarian as you would care to encounter on your war-path, should glory ever lead you to travel such a road.
— from Burl by Morrison Heady

When, presently, he wiped a few crumbs from his mouth with the back of his hand and leaned with a sigh of satisfaction against the trunk of a tree, they again insisted on an explanation.
— from Oakdale Boys in Camp by Morgan Scott

Fouquet, taking Gourville's hand, "My friend," said he, "everything considered, remember the proverb, 'First come, first served!'
— from The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Alexandre Dumas

It was Augustus’ fate to outlive his lieutenants, his relatives (see the family tree, Fig. 6.5 ), and all his favorite candidates for the succession.
— from The Mute Stones Speak: The Story of Archaeology in Italy by Paul Lachlan MacKendrick

The mistake was quite a natural one, as boys who attended the same private school frequently called for Charles.
— from Ben, the Luggage Boy; Or, Among the Wharves by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

Sumner had had a wide experience with frontier conditions, first, in the marches of the dragoons [Pelzer, Marches of the Dragoons in the Mississippi Valley ] later, in New Mexico [Abel, Official Correspondence of James S. Calhoun ], and, still later, in ante-bellum Kansas.
— from The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War by Annie Heloise Abel