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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Female

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Female

FE'MALE, noun [Latin femella. See Feminine.]

1. Among animals, one of that sex which conceives and brings forth young.

2. Among plants, that which produces fruit; that which bears the pistil and receives the pollen of the male flowers.

FE'MALE, adjective

1. Noting the sex which produces young; not male; as a female bee.

2. Pertaining to females; as a female hand or heart; female tenderness.

To the generous decision of a female mind, we owe the discovery of America.

3. Feminine; soft; delicate; weak.

Female rhymes, double rhymes, so called from the French, in which language they end in e feminine.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Female-flower

FEMALE-FLOWER, noun In botany, a flower which is furnished with the pistil, pointal, or female organs.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Female-plant

FEMALE-PLANT, noun A plant which produces female flowers.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Female-screw

FEMALE-SCREW, noun A screw with grooves or channels.