Affair :: Affair (n.) That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. At the head of affairs. Junius..

Affair :: Affair (n.) Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue..

Affair :: Affair (n.) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.

Affair :: Affair (n.) Action; endeavor.

Affair :: Affair (n.) A material object (vaguely designated).

Au Fait :: Au fait () Expert; skillful; well instructed.

Charge D''affaires :: Charge d'affaires (n.) A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary..

Charges D''affaires :: Charges d'affaires (pl. ) of Charge d'affaire.

Counterfaisance :: Counterfaisance (n.) See Counterfesance.

Defail :: Defail (v. t.) To cause to fail.

Defailance :: Defailance (n.) Failure; miscarriage.

Defailure :: Defailure (n.) Failure.

Faience :: Faience (n.) Glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in color..

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail..

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails..

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To perish; to die; -- used of a person.

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill expectation..

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated.

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To err in judgment; to be mistaken.

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent..

Fail :: Fail (v. t.) To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.

Fail :: Fail (v. t.) To miss of attaining; to lose.

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail..

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) Death; decease.

Failance :: Failance (n.) Fault; failure; omission.

Failed :: Failed (imp. & p. p.) of Fai.

Failing :: Failing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fai.

Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..

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