FLYING-Pinion, is part of a clock, having a fly or fan whereby to gather air, and so bridle the rapidity of the clock's motion, when the weight descends in the striking part.
FO, or FOE; an idol of the Chinese. He was originally worshipped in the Indies, and transported from thence into China, together with the fables with which the Indian books were filled. He is said to have performed most wonderful things, which the Chinese have described in several volumes, and represented by cuts.
Set of Fo. See CHINA, No 103.
Fo-Kien. See FOKIAN.