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iron.

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Question 1 of 7

Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Origin of Fe

From the Latin word ferrum

Definition for Fe (2 of 2)

fe.

abbreviation

fecit.

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Example sentences from the Web for Fe

Taste the good life in Santa Fe, New Mexico, filled with art galleries, adobe hotels and flavorful restaurants.
The U.S. Road Trips You Should Really Take|Lonely Planet|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
PE, like fe, is another Hebrew letter, tho Greek and math people prefer their PI better.
National Scrabble Day: A Poem So You’ll Know All 101 Two-Letter Words|David Bukszpan|April 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I was standing in his home office on my first day in Santa Fe, New Mexico, working on a profile of him.
Clues for Finding Forrest Fenn’s Buried Treasure, Part 2|Tony Doukopil|March 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He went on The Today Show, receiving a good morning kiss from Matt Lauer and an NBC correspondent in Santa Fe.
Forrest Fenn: How to Find His Hidden Treasure|Tony Doukopil|February 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST

It was pre-taped, fortunately, since it aired before dawn Santa Fe time, and Fenn has told me he sleeps in the nude.
Forrest Fenn: How to Find His Hidden Treasure|Tony Doukopil|February 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Away off to the southwest a bright light showed briefly—the headlight of a Santa Fe train, he guessed it must be.
Cabin Fever|B. M. Bower
I placed you on a canvas bed in one of my wagons, and brought you on to Santa Fe.
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral|John Dunloe Carteret
When on the frontiers, the idea suggested itself to us of making this claim a pretext for Robinson to visit Santa Fe.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3)|Elliott Coues
This I charged him to guard very carefully and give to me after the investigation of my papers at Santa Fe.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3)|Elliott Coues
We are promised a branch railroad in the near future from the main line of the Santa Fe to the Caon.
Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No. 3, October 1899|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Fe

the chemical symbol for

iron

Word Origin for Fe

from New Latin ferrum

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for Fe

The symbol for the elementiron

Scientific definitions for Fe

The symbol for iron.

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