Defn: A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc.
5. Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as, a frameof government. She that hath a heart of that fine frame To pay this debt of love but to a brother. Shak. Put your discourse into some frame. Shak.
6. Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame.
7. Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming. [Obs.] John the bastard Whose spirits toil in frame of villainies. Shak. Balloon frame, Cant frames, etc. See under Balloon, Cant, etc. — Frame building or house, a building of which the form and support is made of framed timbers. [U.S.] — Frame level, a mason's level. — Frame saw, a thin saw stretched in a frame to give it rigidity.
FRAMERFram"er, n.
Defn: One who frames; as, the framer of a building; the framers of the Constitution.
FRAME-UPFrame"-up`, n.
Defn: A conspiracy or plot, esp. for a malicious or evil purpose, as to incriminate a person on false evidence. [Slang]
FRAMEWORKFrame"work`, n.
1. The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society. A staunch and solid piece of framework. Milton.
2. Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom.
FRAMINGFram"ing, n.
1. The act, process, or style of putting together a frame, or of constructing anything; a frame; that which frames.
2. (Arch. & Engin.)
Defn: A framework, or a sy Framing chisel (Carp.), a heavy chisel with a socket shank for making mortises.
FRAMPEL; FRAMPOID Fram"pel, Fram"poid, a. Etym: [Also written frampul, frampled, framfold.] Etym: [Cf. W. fframfol passionate, ffrom angry, fretting; or perh. akin to E. frump.]
Defn: Peevish; cross; vexatious; quarrelsome. [Obs.] Shak.Is Pompey grown so malapert, so frampel Beau. & Fl.
FRANCFranc, n. Etym: [F., fr. franc a Franc. See Frank, a.]
Defn: A silver coin of France, and since 1795 the unit of the French monetary system. It has been adopted by Belgium and Swizerland. It is equivalent to about nineteen cents, or ten pence, and is divided into 100 centimes.
FRANCHISEFran"chise ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [F., fr. franc, fem. franche, free.See Frank, a.]
1. Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. (LAw)
Defn: A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote. Election by universal suffrage, as modified by the Constitution, is the one crowning franchise of the American people. W. H. Seward.
3. The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary. Churches and mobasteries in Spain are franchises for criminals. London Encyc.
4. Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility. "Franchise in woman." [Obs.] Chaucer. Elective franchise, the privilege or right of voting in an election of public officers.
FRANCHISEFran"chise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Franchised; p. pr. & vb. n.Franchising.] Etym: [Cf. OF. franchir to free, F., to cross.]
Defn: To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to. Shak.
FRANCHISEMENTFran"chise*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. franchissement.]
Defn: Release; deliverance; freedom. Spenser.
FRANCICFran"cic, a. Etym: [See Frank, a.]
Defn: Pertaining to the Franks, or their language; Frankish.
FRANCISCANFran*cis"can, a. Etym: [LL. Franciscus Francis: cf. F. franciscain.](R. C. Ch.)
Defn: Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans. Franciscan Brothers, pious laymen who devote themselves to useful works, such as manual labor schools, and other educational institutions; — called also Brothers of the Third Order of St. Francis. — Franciscan Nuns, nuns who follow the rule of t. Francis, esp. those of the Second Order of St. Francis, — called also Poor Clares or Minoresses. — Franciscan Tertiaries, the Third Order of St. Francis.
FRANCISCANFran*cis"can, n. (R.C.Ch.)
Defn: A monk or friar of the Order of St. Francis, a large andzealous order of mendicant monks founded in 1209 by St. Francis ofAssisi. They are called also Friars Minor; and in England, GrayFriars, because they wear a gray habit.
FRANCOLINFran"co*lin, n. Etym: [F.; cf. It. francolino, Sp. francolin.](Zoöl.)
Defn: A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly common in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia.
FRANCOLITEFran"co*lite, n. (Min.)
Defn: A variety of apatite from Wheal Franco in Devonshire.
FRANC-TIREUR Franc"-ti`reur", n. [F., fr. franc free + tireur shooter, fr. tirer to shoot.] (Mil.)
Defn: A French partisan soldier, or one belonging to a corps of detached light troops engaged in forays, skirmishes, scouting, etc.
FRANGENTFran"gent, a. Etym: [L. frangens, p.pr. of frangere. See Fraction.]
Defn: Causing fracture; breaking. [R.] H. Walpole.
FRANGIBILITYFran`gi*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. frangibilité.]
Defn: The state or quality of being frangible. Fox.
FRANGIBLEFran"gi*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. frangible.]
Defn: Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.
FRANGIPANE Fran"gi*pane, n. Etym: [F. frangipane; supposed to be called so from the inventor, the Marquis Frangipani, major general under Louis XIV.]
1. A perfume of jasmine; frangipani.
2. A species of pastry, containing cream and almonds.
FRANGIPANI; FRANGIPANNI Fran`gi*pan"i, Fran`gi*pan"ni, n. Etym: [Another spelling of frangipane.]
Defn: A perfume derived from, or imitating the odor of, the flower of the red jasmine, a West Indian tree of the genus Plumeria.
FRANGULIC; FRANGULINICFran*gu"lic, Fran`gu*lin"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or drived from, frangulin, or a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn. Frangulinic acid (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance, resembling alizarin, and obtained by the decomposition of frangulin.
FRANGULINFran"gu*lin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A yellow crystalline dyestuff, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn; — called also rhamnoxanthin.
FRANIONFran"ion, n. Etym: [Perh. from F. fainéant an idler.]
Defn: A paramour; a loose woman; also, a gay, idle fellow. [Obs.]Spenser.
FRANKFrank, n. Etym: [OF. franc.]
Defn: A pigsty. [Obs.]
FRANKFrank, v. t.
Defn: To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten. [Obs.] Shak.
FRANKFrank, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The common heron; — so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]
FRANK Frank, a. [Compar Franker; superl. Frankest.] Etym: [F. franc free, frank, L. Francus a Frank, fr. OHG. Franko the name of a Germanic people on the Rhine, who afterward founded the French monarchy; cf. AS. franca javelin, Icel. frakka. Cf. Franc, French, a., Franchise, n.]
1. Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. [R.] "It is of frank gift." Spenser.
2. Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.
3. Liberal; generous; profuse. [Obs.] Frank of civilities that cost them nothing. L'Estrange.
4. Unrestrained; loose; licentious; — used in a bad sense. Spenser.
Syn. — Ingenuous; candid; artless; plain; open; unreserved; undisguised; sincere. See Candid, Ingenuous.
FRANKFrank, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Franked; p. pr. & vb. n. Franking.]
1. To send by public conveyance free of expense. Dickens.
2. To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
FRANKFrank, n. Etym: [See Frank, a.]
Defn: The privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to free of postage. I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again. Cowper.
FRANKFrank, n. Etym: [Cf. F. franc. See Frank, a.]
1. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.
2. A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; — a term used in the Levant.
3. A French coin. See Franc.
FRANKALMOIGNE Frank`al*moigne", n. Etym: [F. franc free + Norm. F. almoigne alma, for almosne, F. aumône. See Frank, a., and Almoner.] (Eng. Law)
Defn: A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; — called also tenure by free alms. Burrill.
FRANK-CHASEFrank"-chase`, n. Etym: [Frank free + chase.] (Eng. Law)
Defn: The liberty or franchise of having a chase; free chase.Burrill.
FRANK-FEEFrank"-fee`, n. Etym: [Frank free + fee.] (Eng. Law)
Defn: A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold. Burrill.
FRANKFORT BLACKFrank"fort black`
Defn: . A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.
FRANKINCENSEFrank"in*cense, n. Etym: [OF. franc free, pure + encens incense.]
Defn: A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified.
FRANKINGFrank"ing, n. (Carp.)
Defn: A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter.
FRANKISHFrank"ish, a.
Defn: Like, or pertaining to, the Franks.
FRANK-LAWFrank"-law`, n. Etym: [Frank free + law.] (Eng. Law)
Defn: The liberty of being sworn in courts, as a juror or witness; one of the ancient privileges of a freeman; free and common law; — an obsolete expression signifying substantially the same as the American expression civil rights. Abbot.
FRANKLIN Frank"lin, n. Etym: [OE. frankelein; cf. LL. franchilanus. See Frank, a.]
Defn: An English freeholder, or substantial householder. [Obs.]Chaucer.The franklin, a small landholder of those days. Sir J. Stephen.
FRANKLINICFrank*lin"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Benjamin Franklin. Franklinic electricity, electricity produced by friction; called also statical electricity.
FRANKLINITEFrank"lin*ite, n. (Min.)
Defn: A kind of mineral of the spinel group.
FRANKLIN STOVEFrank"lin stove`
Defn: . A kind of open stove introduced by Benjamin Franklin, the peculiar feature of which was that a current of heated air was directly supplied to the room from an air box; — now applied to other varieties of open stoves.
FRANKLYFrank"ly, adv.
Defn: In a frank manner; freely.Very frankly he confessed his treasons. Shak.
Syn. — Openly; ingenuously; plainly; unreservedly; undisguisedly; sincerely; candidly; artlessly; freely; readily; unhesitatingly; liberally; willingly.
FRANK-MARRIAGEFrank"-mar"riage, n. Etym: [Frank free + marriage.] (Eng. Law)
Defn: A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten. [Obs.] Blackstone.
FRANKNESSFrank"ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality.
FRANKPLEDGE Frank"pledge`, n. Etym: [Frank free + pledge.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) A pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, — each freeman who was a member of an ancient decennary, tithing, or friborg, in England, being a pledge for the good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the public peace; a free surety. (b) The tithing itself. Bouvier. The servants of the crown were not, as now, bound in frankpledge for each other. Macaulay.
FRANTIC Fran"tic, a. Etym: [OE. frentik, frenetik, F. frentique, L. phreneticus, from Gr. Frenzy, and cf. Frenetic, Phrenetic.]
Defn: Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly; distracted.Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! Shak.Torrents of frantic abuse. Macaulay.— Fran"tic*al*ly, adv.— Fran"tic*ly, adv. Shak.— Fran"tic*ness, n. Johnson.
FRAPFrap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Frapping.] Etym:[Cf. F. frapper to strike, to seize ropes. Cf. Affrap.]
1. (Naut.)
Defn: To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together. Tottem.
2. To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum. Knoght.
FRAPEFrape, n. Etym: [Cf. frap, and Prov. E. frape to scold.]
Defn: A crowd, a rabble. [Obs.] ares.
FRAPLERFrap"ler, n.
Defn: A blusterer; a rowdy. [Obs.]Unpolished, a frapler, and base. B. Jonson.
FRAPPEFrap`pé" (fra`pa"), a. [F., p.p. of frapper to strike, to chill.]
Defn: Iced; frozen; artificially cooled; as, wine frappé. — n.
Defn: A frappé mixture or beverage, as a water ice, variously flavored, frozen soft, and served in glasses.
FRAPPINGFrap"ping, n. [From Frap.] (Naut.)
Defn: A lashing binding a thing tightly or binding things together.
FRATERFra"ter, n. Etym: [L., a brother.] (Eccl.)
Defn: A monk; also, a frater house. [R.] Shipley. Frater house, an apartament in a convent used as an eating room; a refectory; — called also a fratery.
FRATERNAL Fra*ter"nal, a.Etym: [F. fraternel, LL. fraternalis, fr. L. fraternus, fr. frater brother. See Brother.]
Defn: Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming tobrothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace.— Fra*ter"nal*ly, adv.An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. Milton.Fraternal love and friendship. Addison.
FRATERNATEFra*ter"nate, v. i.
Defn: To fraternize; to hold fellowship. Jefferson.
FRATERNATION; FRATERNISMFra`ter*na"tion, Fra"ter*nism, n.
Defn: Fraternization. [R.] Jefferson.
FRATERNITY Fra*ter"ni*ty, n.; pl. Fraternities. Etym: [F. fraternité, L. fraternitas.]
1. The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.
2. A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the Roman Catholic Chucrch, an association for special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and destitute, etc.
3. Men of the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes. With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own fraternity! South.
FRATERNIZATIONFra`ter*ni*za"tion ( or ), n.
Defn: The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers. I hope that no French fraternization . . . could so change the hearts of Englishmen. Burke.
FRATERNIZE Fra"ter*nize ( or ; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fraternized; p. pr. & vb. n.. Fraternizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. fraterniser.]
Defn: To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings.
FRATERNIZEFra"ter*nize, v. t.
Defn: To bring into fellowship or brotherly sympathy.Correspondence for fraternizing the two nations. Burke.
FRATERNIZERFrat"er*ni`zer, n.
Defn: One who fraternizes. Burke.
FRATERY Fra"ter*y ( or ), n. Etym: [L. frater brother: cf. It. frateria a brotherhood of monks. See Friar.]
Defn: A frater house. See under Frater.
FRATRAGEFra"trage ( or ; 48), n. Etym: [L. frater a brother.] (Law)
Defn: A sharing among brothers, or brothers' kin. [Obs.] Crabb.
FRATRICELLI Fra`tri*cel"li, n. pl. Etym: [It. fraticelli, lit., little brothers, dim. fr. frate brother, L. frater.] (Eccl. Hist.) (a) The name which St. Francis of Assisi gave to his followers, early in the 13th century. (b) A sect which seceded from the Franciscan Order, chiefly in Italy and Sicily, in 1294, repudiating the pope as an apostate, maintaining the duty of celibacy and poverty, and discountenancing oaths. Called also Fratricellians and Fraticelli.
FRATRICIDALFrat"ri*ci`dal, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to fratricide; of the nature of fratricide.
FRATRICIDE Frat"ri*cide, n. Etym: [L. fratricidium a brother's murder, fr. fratricida a brother's murderer; frater, fratris, brother + caedere to kill: cf. F. fratricide.]
1. The act of one who murders or kills his own brother.
2. Etym: [L. fratricida: cf. F. fratricide.]
Defn: One who murders or kills his own brother.
FRAUFrau, n.; pl. Frauen (#). [G. Cf. 1st Frow.]
Defn: In Germany, a woman; a married woman; a wife; — as a title, equivalent to Mrs., Madam.
FRAUD Fraud, n. Etym: [F. fraude, L. fraus, fraudis; prob. akin to Skr. dh to injure, dhv to cause to fall, and E. dull.]
1. Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick. If success a lover's toil attends, Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends. Pope.
2. (Law)
Defn: An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another.
3. A trap or snare. [Obs.] To draw the proud King Ahab into fraud. Milton. Constructive fraud (Law), an act, statement, or omission which operates as a fraud, although perhaps not intended to be such. Mozley & W. — Pious fraud (Ch. Hist.), a fraud contrived and executed to benefit the church or accomplish some good end, upon the theory that the end justified the means. — Statute of frauds (Law), an English statute (1676), the principle of which is incorporated in the legislation of all the States of this country, by which writing with specific solemnities (varying in the several statutes) is required to give efficacy to certain dispositions of property. Wharton.
Syn. — Deception; deceit; guile; craft; wile; sham; strife; circumvention; stratagem; trick; imposition; cheat. See Deception.
FRAUDFULFraud"ful, a.
Defn: Full of fraud, deceit, or treachery; trickish; treacherous; fraudulent; — applied to persons or things. I. Taylor. — Fraud"ful*ly, adv.
FRAUDLESSFraud"less, a.
Defn: Free from fraud.— Fraud"less*ly, adv.— Fraud"less*ness, n.
FRAUDULENCE; FRAUDULENCYFraud"u*lence or Fraud"u*len*cy, n. Etym: [L. fraudulentia.]
Defn: The quality of being fraudulent; deliberate deceit; trickishness. Hooker.
FRAUDULENT Fraud"u*lent, a. Etym: [L. fraudulentus, fr. fraus, fraudis, frand: cf. F. fraudulent.]
1. Using fraud; trickly; deceitful; dishonest.
2. Characterized by,, founded on, or proceeding from, fraund; as, afraudulent bargain.He, with serpent tongue, . . . His fraudulent temptation thus began.Milton.
3. Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest. Milton.
Syn. — Deceitful; fraudful; guileful; crafty; wily; cunning; subtle; deceiving; cheating; deceptive; insidious; treacherous; dishonest; designing; unfair.
FRAUDULENTLYFraud"u*lent*ly, adv.
Defn: In a fraudulent manner.
FRAUGHTFraught, n. Etym: [OE.fraight, fraght; akin to Dan. fragt, Sw. frakt,D. vracht, G. fracht, cf. OHG. fr merit, reward; perh. fromcorresponding to E. for + The root of E. own. Cf. Freight.]
Defn: A freight; a cargo. [Obs.] Shak.
FRAUGHTFraught, a.
Defn: Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged.A vessel of our country richly fraught. Shak.A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences oSouth.Enterprises fraught with world-wide benefits. I. Taylor.
FRAUGHTFraught, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fraughted or Fraught; p. pr. & vb. n.Fraughting.] Etym: [Akin to Dan. fragte, Sw. frakta, D. bevrachten,G. frachten, cf. OHG. frehton to deserve. See Fraught, n.]
Defn: To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd. [Obs.]Upon the tumbling billows fraughted ride The armed ships. Fairfax.
FRAUGHTAGEFraught"age (; 48), n.
Defn: Freight; loading; cargo. [Obs.] Shak.
FRAUGHTINGFraught"ing, a.
Defn: Constituting the freight or cargo. [Obs.] "The fraughting souls within her." Shak.
FRAULEINFräu"lein, n.sing. & pl. [G., dim. of frau woman. See Frau.]
Defn: In Germany, a young lady; an unmarried woman; — as a title, equivalent to Miss.
FRAUNHOFER LINESFraun"ho*fer lines`. (Physics.)
Defn: The lines of the spectrun; especially and properly, the dark lines of the solar spectrum, so called because first accurately observed and interpreted by Fraunhofer, a German physicist.
FRAXINFrax"in, n. Etym: [From Fraxinus.] (Chem.)
Defn: A colorless crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus) and along with esculin in the bark of the horse-chestnut. It shows a delicate fluorescence in alkaline solutions; — called also paviin.
FRAXINUSFrax"i*nus, n. Etym: [L., the ash tree.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north temperate zone, and including the true ash trees.
Note: Fraxinus excelsior is the European ash; F. Americana, the white ash; F. sambucifolia, the black ash or water ash.
FRAYFray, n. Etym: [Abbreviated from affray.]
Defn: Affray; broil; contest; combat.Who began this bloody fray Shak.
FRAYFray, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fraying.] Etym:[See 1st Fray, and cf. Affray.]
Defn: To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. I. Taylor.What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed Spenser.
FRAYFray, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. fraier. See Defray, v. t.]
Defn: To bear the expense of; to defray. [Obs.] The charge of my most curious and costly ingredients frayed, I shall acknowledge myself amply satisfied. Massinger.
FRAY Fray, v. t. Etym: [OF. freier, fraier, froier, to rub. L. fricare; cf. friare to crumble, E. friable; perh. akin to Gr. gh to rub, scratch. Cf. Friction.]
Defn: To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head.
FRAYFray, v. i.
1. To rub. We can show the marks he made When 'gainst the oak his antlers frayed. Sir W. Scott.
2. To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly. A suit of frayed magnificience. tennyson.
FRAYFray, n.
Defn: A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
FRAYINGFray"ing, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The skin which a deer frays from his horns. B. Jonson.
FRAZZLEFraz"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frazzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Frazzling.][Cf. G. faseln, and E. fray.]
Defn: To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter; - -used literally and figuratively. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]
Her hair was of a reddish gray color, and its frazzled and tangled condition suggested that the woman had recently passed through a period of extreme excitement. J. C. Harris.
FRAZZLEFraz"zle, n.
Defn: The act or result of frazzling; the condition or quality of being frazzled; the tag end; a frayed-out end. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]
My fingers are all scratched to frazzles.Kipling.
Gordon had sent word to Lee that he "had fought his corps to afrazzle."Nicolay & Hay (Life of Lincoln).
FREAKFreak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Freaking.] Etym:[Akin to OE. frakin, freken, freckle, Icel. freknur, pl., Sw. fräkne,Dan. fregne, Gr. prsçni variegated. Cf. Freckle, Freck.]
Defn: To variegate; to checker; to streak. [R.]Freaked with many a mingled hue. Thomson.
FREAKFreak, n. Etym: [Prob. from OE. frek bold, AS. frec bold, greedly;akin to OHG. freh greedly, G. frech insolent, Icel. frekr greedly,Goth. faíhufriks avaricious.]
Defn: A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice. She is restless and peevish, and sometimes in a freak will instantly change her habitation. Spectator.
Syn.— Whim; caprice; folly; sport. See Whim.
FREAKINGFreak"ing, a.
Defn: Freakish. [Obs.] Pepys.
FREAKISHFreak"ish, a.
Defn: Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious.It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the morefreakish of the two. L'Estrange.Freakish when well, and fretful when she's sick. Pope.— Freak"ish*ly, adv.— Freak"ish*ness, n.
FRECKFreck, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Freak, v. t., Freckle.]
Defn: To checker; to diversify. [R. & Poet.]The painted windows, frecking gloom with glow. Lowell.
FRECKLEFreck"le, n. Etym: [Dim., from the same root as freak, v. t.]
1. A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, or hands.
2. Any small spot or discoloration.
FRECKLEFrec"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Freckling.]
Defn: To spinkle or mark with freckle or small discolored spots; to spot.
FRECKLEFrec"kle, v. i.
Defn: To become covered or marked with freckles; to be spotted.
FRECKLEDFrec"kled, a.
Defn: Marked with freckles; spotted. "The freckled trout." Dryden.The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover. Shak.
FRECKLEDNESSFrec"kled*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being freckled.
FRECKLYFrec"kly, a.
Defn: Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled.
FREDFred, n. Etym: [AS. fri peace. See Frith inclosure.]
Defn: Peace; — a word used in composition, especially in proper names; as, Alfred; Frederic.
FREDSTOLEFred"stole`, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Fridstol. Fuller.
FREE Free, a. [Compar. Freer; superl. Freest.] Etym: [OE. fre, freo, AS. freó, fri; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fri, G. frei, Icel. fri, Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved, dear, fr. pri to love, Goth. frij. Cf. Affray, Belfry, Friday, Friend, Frith inclosure.]
1. Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty. That which has the power, or not the power, to operate, is that alone which is or is not free. Locke.
2. Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.
3. Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master.
4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go. Set an unhappy prisoner free. Prior.
5. Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; — said of the will. Not free, what proof could they have given sincere Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love. Milton.
6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent. My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. Dryden.
7. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative. He was free only with a few. Milward.
8. Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; — used in a badsense.The critics have been very free in their censures. Felton.A man may live a free life as to wine or women. Shelley.
9. Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money.
10. Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; — followed by from, or, rarely, by of. Princes declaring themselves free from the obligations of their treaties. Bp. Burnet.
11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy.
12. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.
13. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; — followed by of. He therefore makes all birds, of every sect, Free of his farm. Dryden.
14. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; — said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school. Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free For me as for you Shak.
15. Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous; spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.
16. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; — said of a government, institutions, etc.
17. (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage. Burrill.
18. (Law)
Defn: Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren. Burrill.
19. Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells. Free agency, the capacity or power of choosing or acting freely, or without necessity or constraint upon the will. — Free bench (Eng. Law), a widow's right in the copyhold lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in freeholds. — Free board (Naut.), a vessel's side between water line and gunwale. — Free bond (Chem.), an unsaturated or unemployed unit, or bond, of affinity or valence, of an atom or radical. — Free-borough men (O.Eng. Law). See Friborg. — Free chapel (Eccles.), a chapel not subject to the jurisdiction of the ordinary, having been founded by the king or by a subject specially authorized. [Eng.] Bouvier. — Free charge (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or statical condition; free electricity. — Free church. (a) A church whose sittings are for all and without charge. (b) An ecclesiastical body that left the Church of Scotland, in 1843, to be free from control by the government in spiritual matters. — Free city, or Free town, a city or town independent in its government and franchises, as formerly those of the Hanseatic league. — Free cost, freedom from charges or expenses. South. — Free and easy, unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of formalities. [Colloq.] "Sal and her free and easy ways." W. Black. — Free goods, goods admitted into a country free of duty. — Free labor, the labor of freemen, as distinguished from that of slaves. — Free port. (Com.) (a) A port where goods may be received and shipped free of custom duty. (b) A port where goods of all kinds are received from ships of all nations at equal rates of duty. — Free public house, in England, a tavern not belonging to a brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer or purchase where he chooses. Simmonds. — Free school. (a) A school to which pupils are admitted without discrimination and on an equal footing. (b) A school supported by general taxation, by endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for tuition; a public school. — Free services (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. Burrill. — Free ships, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war are free from capture even though carrying enemy's goods. — Free socage (O.Eng. Law), a feudal tenure held by certain services which, though honorable, were not military. Abbott. — Free States, those of the United States before the Civil War, in which slavery had ceased to exist, or had never existed. — Free stuff (Carp.), timber free from knots; clear stuff. — Free thought, that which is thought independently of the authority of others. — Free trade, commerce unrestricted by duties or tariff regulations. — Free trader, one who believes in free trade. — To make free with, to take liberties with; to help one's self to. [Colloq.] — To sail free (Naut.), to sail with the yards not braced in as sharp as when sailing closehauled, or close to the wind.
FREEFree, adv.
1. Freely; willingly. [Obs.] I as free forgive you As I would be forgiven. Shak.
2. Without charge; as, children admitted free.
FREE Free, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freed; p. pr. & vb. n. Freeing.] Etym: [OE. freen, freoien, AS. freógan. See Free, a.]
1. To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to release; to disengage; to clear; — followed by from, and sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be freed of these inconveniences. Clarendon. Our land is from the rage of tigers freed. Dryden. Arise, . . . free thy people from their yoke. Milton.
2. To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of. This master key Frees every lock, and leads us to his person. Dryden.
3. To frank. [Obs.] Johnson.
FREEBOOTER Free"boot`er, n. Etym: [D. vrijbuiter, fr. vrijbuiten to plunder; vrij free + buit booty, akin to E. booty. See Free, and Booty, and cf. Filibuster.]
Defn: One who plunders or pillages without the authority of national warfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a buccaneer; a sea robber. Bacon.
FREEBOOTERYFree"boot`er*y, n.
Defn: The act, practice, or gains of a freebooter; freebooting.Booth.
FREEBOOTINGFree"boot`ing, n.
Defn: Robbery; plunder; a pillaging.
FREEBOOTINGFree"boot`ing, a.
Defn: Acting the freebooter; practicing freebootery; robbing.Your freebooting acquaintance. Sir W. Scott.
FREEBOOTYFree"boot`y, n.
Defn: Freebootery. [Obs.]
FREEBORNFree"born`, a.
Defn: Born free; not born in vasssalage; inheriting freedom.
FREE COINAGEFree coinage.
Defn: In the fullest sense, the conversion of bullion (of any specified metal) into legal-tender coins for any person who chooses to bring it to the mint; in a modified sense, such coinage when done at a fixed charge proportionate to the cost of the operation.
FREE-DENIZENFree"-den`i*zen, v. t.
Defn: To make free. [R.]
FREEDMANFreed"man, n.; pl. Freedmen (.
Defn: A man who has been a slave, and has been set free.
FREEDOMFree"dom, n. Etym: [AS. freód; freófree + -dom. See Free, and -dom.]
1. The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence. Made captive, yet deserving freedom more. Milton.
2. Privileges; franchises; immunities. Your charter and your caty's freedom. Shak.
3. Exemption from necessity, in choise and action; as, the freedom of the will.
4. Ease; facility; as, he speaks or acts with freedom.
5. Frankness; openness; unreservedness. I emboldened spake and freedom used. Milton.
6. Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.
7. Generosity; liberality. [Obs.] Chaucer. Freedom fine, a sum paid on entry to incorporations of trades. — Freedom of the city, the possession of the rights and privileges of a freeman of the city; formerly often, and now occasionally, conferred on one not a resident, as a mark of honorary distinction for public services.
Syn.— See Liberty.
FREEDSTOOLFreed"stool`, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Fridstol.
FREE-HANDFree"-hand`, a.
Defn: Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments; as, free-hand drawing. See under Drawing.
FREE-HANDEDFree"-hand`ed, a.
Defn: Open-handed; liberal.
FREE-HEARTEDFree"-heart`ed, a.
Defn: Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-heartedmirth.— Free"-heart`ed*ly, adv.— Free"-heart`ed*ness, n.
FREEHOLDFree"hold`, n. (LAw)
Defn: An estate in real property, of inheritance (in fee simple or fee tail) or for life; or the tenure by which such estate is held. Kent. Burrill. To abate into a freehold. See under Abate.
FREEHOLDERFree"hold`er, n. (Law)
Defn: The possessor of a freehold.
FREE-LIVERFree"-liv`er, n.
Defn: One who gratifies his appetites without stint; one given to indulgence in eating and drinking.
FREE-LIVINGFree"-liv`ing, n.
Defn: Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites.
FREE-LOVEFree"-love`, n.
Defn: The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage.
FREE-LOVERFree"-lov`er, n.
Defn: One who believes in or practices free-love.
FREELTEFreel"te, n.
Defn: Frailty. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FREELYFree"ly, adv. Etym: [AS. freólice.]
Defn: In a free manner; without restraint or compulsion; abundantly;gratuitously.Of every tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat. Gen. ii. 16.Freely ye have received, freely give. Matt. x. 8.Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell. Milton.Freely we serve Because we freely love. Milton.
Syn. — Independently; voluntarily; spontaneously; unconditionally; unobstructedly; willingly; readily; liberally; generously; bounteously; munificently; bountifully; abundantly; largely; copiously; plentifully; plenteously.
FREEMANFree"man, n.; pl. Freemen. Etym: [AS. freóman; freófree + mann man.]
1. One who enjoys liberty, or who is not subject to the will of another; one not a slave or vassal.
2. A member of a corporation, company, or city, possessing certain privileges; a member of a borough, town, or State, who has the right to vote at elections. See Liveryman. Burrill. Both having been made freemen on the same day. Addison.
FREE-MARTINFree"-mar`tin, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male.
FREEMASONFree"ma`son, n.
Defn: One of an ancient and secret association or fraternity, said to have been at first composed of masons or builders in stone, but now consisting of persons who are united for social enjoyment and mutual assistance.
FREEMASONICFree`ma*son"ic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, the institutions or the practices of freemasons; as, a freemasonic signal.
FREEMASONRYFree"ma`son*ry, n.
Defn: The institutions or the practices of freemasons.
FREE-MILLINGFree"-mill`ing, a.
Defn: Yielding free gold or silver; — said of certain ores which can be reduced by crushing and amalgamation, without roasting or other chemical treatment. Raymond.
FREE-MINDEDFree"-mind`ed, a.
Defn: Not perplexed; having a mind free from care. Bacon.
FREENESSFree"ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being free; freedom; liberty; openness; liberality; gratuitousness.
FREERFre"er, n.
Defn: One who frees, or sets free.
FREE SILVERFree silver.
Defn: The free coinage of silver; often, specif., the free coinage of silver at a fixed ratio with gold, as at the ratio of 16 to 1, which ratio for some time represented nearly or exactly the ratio of the market values of gold and silver respectively.
FREE-SOILFree"-soil`, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery; — esp. applied to a party which was active during the period 1846-1856. [U.S.] — Free"soil`er, n. [U.S.] — Free"-soil`ism, n. [U.S.]
FREE-SPOKENFree"-spo`ken, a.
Defn: Accustomed to speak without reserve. Bacon.— Free"-spo`ken-ness, n.
FREESTONEFree"stone`, n.
Defn: A stone composed of sand or grit; — so called because it is easily cut or wrought.
FREESTONEFree"stone`, a.
Defn: Having the flesh readily separating from the stone, as in certain kinds of peaches.
FREE-SWIMMINGFree"-swim`ming, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Swimming in the open sea; — said of certain marine animals.
FREETHINKERFree"think`er, n.
Defn: One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions independently of the authority of revelation or of the church; an unbeliever; — a term assumed by deists and skeptics in the eighteenth century. Atheist is an old-fashioned word: I'm a freethinker, child. Addison.
Syn.— Infidel; skeptic; unbeliever. See Infidel.
FREETHINKINGFree"think`ing, n.
Defn: Undue boldness of speculation; unbelief. Berkeley.— a.
Defn: Exhibiting undue boldness of speculation; skeptical.
FREE-TONGUEDFree"-tongued`, a.
Defn: Speaking without reserve. Bp. Hall.
FREEWHEELFree"wheel`, n. (Mach.)
Defn: A clutch fitted in the rear hub of a cycle, which engages the rear sprocket with the rear wheel when the pedals are rotated forwards, but permits the rear wheel to run on free from the rear sprocket when the pedals are stopped or rotated backwards. Freewheelcycles are usually fitted with hub brakes or rim brakes, operated by back pedaling.
FREEWHEELFree"wheel`, v. i.
1.(a) Of a freewheel cycle, to run on while the pedals are held still.(b) Of a person, to ride a cycle of this manner. To ride a freewheelcycle.
2. (Mach.) To operate like a freewheel, so that one part moves freely over another which normally moves with it; — said of a clutch.
FREE WILLFree will.
1. A will free from improper coercion or restraint. To come thus was I not constrained, but did On my free will. Shak.
2. The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity.
FREEWILLFree"will`, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to free will; voluntary; spontaneous; as, a freewill offering. Frewill Baptists. See under Baptist.
FREEZABLEFreez"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being frozen.
FREEZEFreeze, n. (Arch.)
Defn: A frieze. [Obs.]
FREEZE Freeze, v. i. [imp. Froze; p. p. Frozen; p. pr. & vb. n. Freezing.] Etym: [OE. fresen, freosen, AS. freósan; akin to D. vriezen, OHG. iosan, G. frieren, Icel. frjsa, Sw. frysa, Dan. fryse, Goth. frius cold, frost, and prob. to L. prurire to itch, E. prurient, cf. L. prna a burning coal, pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushva ice, prush to spirt. Frost.]
1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be hardened into ice or a like solid body.
Note: Water freezes at 32º above zero by Fahrenheit's thermometer; mercury freezes at 40º below zero.
2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood freezes in the veins. To freeze up (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor. [Colloq.]
FREEZEFreeze, v. t.
1. To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.
2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill. A faint, cold fear runs through my veins, That almost freezes up the heat of life. Shak.
FREEZEFreeze, n.
Defn: The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed.[Colloq.]
FREEZERFreez"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, cools or freezes, as a refrigerator, or the tub and can used in the process of freezing ice cream.
FREEZINGFreez"ing, a.
Defn: Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner. — Frrez"ing*ly, adv. Freezing machine. See Ice machine, under Ice. — Freezing mixture, a mixture (of salt and snow or of chemical salts) for producing intense cold. — Freezing point, that degree of a thermometer at which a fluid begins to freeze; — applied particularly to water, whose freezing point is at 32º Fahr., and at 0º Centigrade.
FREIESLEBENITEFrei"es*le`ben*ite, n. Etym: [Named after the German chemistFreiesleben.]
Defn: A sulphide of antimony, lead, and silver, occuring in monoclinic crystals.
FREIGHTFreight, n. Etym: [F. fret, OHG. fr merit, reward. See Fraught, n.]
1. That with which anything in fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of cotton; a full freight.
2. (Law) (a) The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired. (b) The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods. Wharton.
3. Freight transportation, or freight line.
FREIGHTFreight, a.
Defn: Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car. Freight agent, a person employed by a transportation company to receive, forward, or deliver goods. — Freight car. See under Car. — Freight train, a railroad train made up of freight cars; — called in England goods train.
FREIGHTFreight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Freighting.]Etym: [Cf. F. freter.]
Defn: To load with goods, as a ship, or vehicle of any kind, for transporting them from one place to another; to furnish with freight; as, to freight a ship; to freight a car.
FREIGHTAGEFreight"age, n.
1. Charge for transportation; expense of carriage.
2. The transportation of freight.
3. Freight; cargo; lading. Milton.
FREIGHTERFreight"er, n.
1. One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.
2. One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
3. One for whom freight is transported.
4. A vessel used mainly to carry freight.
FREIGHTLESSFreight"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of freight.
FREIHERRFrei"herr`, n.; pl. Freiherrn (#). [G., lit., free lord.]
Defn: In Germany and Austria, a baron.
FRELTEFrel"te, n.
Defn: Frailty. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FREMD; FREMED Fremd, Frem"ed a. Etym: [OE., from AS. fremede, fremde; akin to G. fremd.]
Defn: Strange; foreign. [Old Eng. & Scot.] Chaucer.
FREMESCENTFre*mes"cent, a. [L. fremere to roar, murmur + -escent.]
Defn: Becoming murmurous, roaring. "Fremescent clangor." Carlyle. —Fre*mes"cence (#), n.
FREMITUSFrem"i*tus, n., sing. & pl. [L., a murmuring, roaring.] (Med.)
Defn: Palpable vibration or thrill; as, the rhonchial fremitus.
FREN Fren, n. Etym: [OE. frenne, contr. fr. forrene foreign. See Foreign, a.]
Defn: A stranger. [Obs.] Spenser.
FRENCHFrench, a. Etym: [AS. frencisc, LL. franciscus, from L. Francus aFrank: cf. OF. franceis, franchois, fran, F. franFrank, a., and cf.Frankish.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants. French bean (Bot.), the common kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). — French berry (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or purple pigment. — French casement (Arch.) See French window, under Window. — French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; — used for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk. — French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See Bear's-ear. — French fake (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run freely. — French honeysuckle (Bot.) a plant of the genus Hedysarum (H. coronarium); — called also garland honeysuckle. — French horn, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the sound issues; — called in France cor de chasse. — French leave, an informal, hasty, or secret departure; esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts. — French pie Etym: [French (here used in sense of "foreign") + pie a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)] (Zoöl.), the European great spotted woodpecker (Dryobstes major); — called also wood pie. — French polish. (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or shellac with other gums added. (b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the above. — French purple, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of mordants. Ure. — French red rouge. — French rice, amelcorn. — French roof (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having a nearly flat deck for the upper slope. — French tub, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and logwood; — called also plum tub. Ure. — French window. See under Window.
FRENCHFrench, n.
1. The language spoken in France.
2. Collectively, the people of France.
FRENCHIFYFrench"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frenchified; p. pr. & vb. n.Frenchifying.] Etym: [French + -fy.]
Defn: To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize. Burke.
FRENCHISMFrench"ism, n.
Defn: A French mode or characteristic; an idiom peculiar to theFrench language. Earle.
FRENCHMANFrench"man, n.; pl. Frenchmen (.
Defn: A native or one of the people of France.
FRENETICFre*net"ic, a. Etym: [See Frantic, a.]
Defn: Distracted; mad; frantic; phrenetic. Milton.
FRENETICALFre*net"ic*al, a.
Defn: Frenetic; frantic; frenzied.— Frenet"ic*al*ly, adv.
FRENUMFre"num, n.; pl. E. Frenums, L. Frena. Etym: [L., a bridle.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A cheek stripe of color.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Same as Frænum.
FRENZICALFren"zi*cal, a.
Defn: Frantic. [Obs.] Orrery.
FRENZIEDFren"zied, p. p. & a.
Defn: Affected with frenzy; frantic; maddened.— Fren"zied-ly, adv.The people frenzied by centuries of oppression. Buckle.Up starting with a frenzied look. Sir W Scott.
FRENZYFren"zy, n.; pl. Frenzies. Etym: [OE. frenesie, fransey, F. frénésie,L. phrenesis, fr. Gr. Frantic, Phrenitis.]
Defn: Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction;violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness;rage.All else is towering frenzy and distraction. Addison.The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling. Shak.
Syn. — Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangment; alienation; aberration; delirium. See Insanity.
FRENZYFren"zy, a.
Defn: Mad; frantic. [R.]They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head.Bunyan.
FRENZYFren"zy, v. t.
Defn: To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness [R.] "Frenzying anguish." Southey.
FREQUENCEFre"quence, n. Etym: [See Frequency.]
1. A crowd; a throng; a concourse. [Archaic.] Tennyson.
2. Frequency; abundance. [R.] Bp. Hall.
FREQUENCY Fre"quen*cy, n.; pl. Frequencies. Etym: [L. frequentia numerous attendance, multitude: cf. F. fréquence. See Frequent.]
1. The condition of returning frequently; occurrence often repeated; common occurence; as, the frequency of crimes; the frequency of miracles. The reasons that moved her to remove were, because Rome was a place of riot and luxury, her soul being almost stifled with, the frequencies of ladies' visits. Fuller.
2. A crowd; a throng. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
FREQUENT Fre"quent, a. Etym: [L. frequens, -entis, crowded, frequent, akin to farcire to stuff: cf. F. fréquent. Cf. Farce, n.]
1. Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits. "Frequent feudal towers." Byron.
2. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent. He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government. Swift.
3. Full; crowded; thronged. [Obs.] 'T is Cæsar's will to have a frequent senate. B. Jonson.
4. Often or commonly reported. [Obs.] 'T is frequent in the city he hath subdued The Catti and the Daci. Massinger.
FREQUENTFre*quent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frequented; p. pr. & vb. n.Frequenting.] Etym: [L. frequentare: cf. F. fréquenter. See Frequent,a.]
1. To visit often; to resort to often or habitually. He frequented the court of Augustus. Dryden.
2. To make full; to fill. [Obs.] With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite. Milton.
FREQUENTABLEFre*quent"a*ble, a.
Defn: Accessible. [R.] Sidney.
FREQUENTAGEFre*quent"age, n.
Defn: The practice or habit of frequenting. [R.] Southey.
FREQUENTATION Fre"quen*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. frequentatio a crowding together, frequency: cf. F. fréquentation.]
Defn: The act or habit of frequenting or visiting often; resort.Chesterfield.
FREQUENTATIVEFre*quent"a*tive, a. Etym: [L. frequentativus: cf. F. fréquentatif.](Gram.)