fait

A ton of fea water contains from a bufliel to a bu (hel and a quarter of fea fait, befidc a certain proportion of the vitriolic fait*.

The Monthly Review 1795

Or maybe you want a large pot—called a fait-tout—that holds about twelve quarts if you need to boil large amounts of pasta or make stock frequently.

JOIE DE VIVRE ROBERT ARBOR 2003

Also, we'd decided our best strategy was to present what Ginny called a fait accompli.

Operation Luna Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1999

It's what those cheese eatin 'surrender monkeys call a fait accompli.

Windy City Gridiron 2009

Therefore their annointing ftinketh which is without the fait, that is, the word of God.

The institution of christian religion 1578

First, his candidacy was introduced to the state as a kind of fait accompli, something Granite State voters resent even more than they do those pushy New Yorkers.

A Scion Hits The Streets 2008

FARZAD: Well, the market is pricing in some manner of rate cut whether it's a half a point or a quarter of a point is kind of fait accompli at this point but you can read the tea leaves either way.

CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2003 2003

Quedahs'la ville en feu I'on n'eiit ricn 'fait' 'sans

The manual of liberty: or, Testimonies in behalf of the rights of mankind; selected from the best authorities, in prose and verse, and methodically arranged 1795

Some of the men too were occupied in faking of cod; for there being two Newfoundland fifhermen in the Centurion, the commodore fet them about laying in a confiderable quantity of falted cod for a lea-ftorc, though very little or it was ufed, as it was afterward thought to be as productive of the fcurvy, as any other kind of fait provifions.

A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels : containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America 1767

Il fait tout ce qui depend de lui pour supprimer la premiere et assurer la seconde.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011