an island in the Baltic, belonging to Denmark, and lying off the coast of Holstein, from which it is separated by the Femer-sund, a channel about a mile wide. Area, 70 square miles. Pop. (1846) 8860. The surface is low and level, producing corn, and affording good pasturage for cattle, but the people devote their attention principally to fishing. The chief town of the island is Burg, containing about 1800 inhabitants.

FEMME COVERT, in Law, a married woman: as femme sole signifies an unmarried woman.