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Faint :: Faint (v. i.) To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n..

Shimmer :: Shimmer (n.) A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer..

Appall :: Appall (v. i.) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

Tint :: Tint (n.) A pale or faint tinge of any color.

Faineant :: Faineant (n.) A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.

Rich :: Rich (superl.) Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color..

Glimmer :: Glimmer (v. i.) To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp..

Distant :: Distant (a.) Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance..

Phosphorus :: Phosphorus (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for man

Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick..

Overtone :: Overtone (n.) One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or partial tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone..

Faint :: Faint (superl.) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst..

Faintness :: Faintness (n.) Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description..

Feeble :: Feeble (superl.) Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion..

Lipothymous :: Lipothymous (a.) Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting..

Dead-hearted :: Dead-hearted (a.) Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless..

Adumbrative :: Adumbrative (a.) Faintly representing; typical.

Verditure :: Verditure (n.) The faintest and palest green.

Smorsato :: Smorsato (a.) Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo.

Diskless :: Diskless (a.) Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope..

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