foe

n. [ OE. fo, fa, AS. fāh hostile; prob. akin to E. fiend. √81. See Fiend, and cf. Feud a quarrel. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man's foes shall be they of his own household. Matt. x. 36 [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An enemy in war; a hostile army. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

A foe to received doctrines. I. Watts [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G. dial. (Swiss), fr. L. Favonius west wind. Cf. Favonian. ] (Meteor.) (a) A warm dry wind that often blows in the northern valleys of the Alps, due to the indraught of a storm center passing over Central Europe. The wind, heated by compression in its descent from the mountains, reaches the base, particularly in winter, dry and warm. (b) Any similar wind, as the chinook, in other parts of the world. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Enmity. Bp. Bedell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Foemen [ AS. fāhman. ] An enemy in war. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the stern joy which warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel. Sir W. Scott [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as fetal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Fetation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Feticide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Fetor. [ 1913 Webster ]