Footstool.

The common mode of sitting in the Eastern countries is upon the ground, or floor, with the legs crossed. Chairs, when they are used, are always so high as to make a footstool necessary; and this proves the propriety of the style of Scripture, which always joins the footstool to the throne. (Isaiah lxvi. 1; Psalm cx. 1.)

Fountain is, properly

speaking, the source or spring-head of water, their numbers and magnitude being regulated by the nature and climate of the country.

As fountains of water were so extremely valuable to the inhabitants of the eastern countries,

it is easy to understand why the inspired writers so frequently allude to them, and thence deduce some

of their most beautiful similitudes. Jeremiah, referring to the Deity, calls him "the fountain of living waters." Reference is again made in Psalms, St. John's Gospel, and Revelations. Zech. xiii. 1: "In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness."

Fox, or jackal. This animal is called in Scripture shual, a hollow place, probably from his burrowing, or making holes in the earth, to hide himself, or dwell in. In outward appearance he very much resembles the dog, but he possesses a savage fierceness and impudent familiarity to which the dog is a stranger. They generally attack in a body, and have courage, when thus united, to face the most powerful foe.

Frankincense, an odoriferous gum, was much burnt in the temples; the merchants of Babylon traded in this article.

Frog. This little animal is amphibious, living

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partly in the water and partly on the land, inhabiting marshy places, lakes, and ponds, feeding chiefly on insects, worms, and the fry of fishes; it

is said that they will live from twelve to twenty years. They are alluded to in Scripture in several places.

Frontlets are thus described by Leo of Modena :the Jews take four pieces of parchment, and write,

with an ink made for the purpose, in square letters, these four passages, one on each piece :

These pieces are fastened together, forming a square; strings are attached, and they are girt about the head. Only the chanter of the synagogue is obliged to put it on at morning

and noon.

The square

part is placed on the middle of the forehead.

Galley, an ancient ship rowed with oars; they were usually very large, and magnificently fitted up. The enemies of the Jews, and the Assyrian

army in particular, are likened to galleys, or galants, that is, according to ancient ideas, large and magnificent ships. (Is. xxxiii. 21.)

Garlick. This word occurs in Numbers xi. 5: