Defn: Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb. — n.
Defn: A frequentative verb.
FREQUENTERFre*quent*er, n.
Defn: One who frequents; one who often visits, or resorts to customarily.
FREQUENTLYFre*quent*ly, adv.
Defn: At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly; commonly.
FREQUENTNESSFre"quent*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being frequent.
FREREFrère, n. Etym: [F. See Friar.]
Defn: A friar. Chaucer.
FRESCADEFres"cade, n. Etym: [See Fresco, Fresh, a.]
Defn: A cool walk; shady place. [R.] Maunder.
FRESCO Fres"co, n.; pl. Frescoes or Frescos. Etym: [It., fr. fresco fresh; of German origin. See Fresh, a.]
1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. [R.] Prior.
2. (Fine Arts) (a) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries. (b) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner. (c) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b.
FRESCOFres"co, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frescoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Frescoing.]
Defn: To paint in fresco, as walls.
FRESH Fresh, a. [Compar. Fresher (; superl. Freshest.] Etym: [OE. fresch, AS. fersc; akin to D. versch, G. frisch, OHG. frisc, Sw. frisk, Dan. frisk, fersk, Icel. fr frisky, brisk, ferskr fresh; cf. It. fresco, OF. fres, freis, fem. freske, fresche, F. frais, fem. fra, which are of German origin. Cf. Fraischeur, Fresco, Frisk.]
1. Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.
2. New; original; additional. "Fear of fresh mistakes." Sir W. Scott. A fresh pleasure in every fresh posture of the limbs. Landor.
3. Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or tainted; in good condition; as, fresh vegetables, flowers, eggs, meat, fruit, etc.; recently made or obtained; occurring again; repeated; as, a fresh supply of goods; fresh tea, raisins, etc.; lately come or made public; as, fresh news; recently taken from a well or spring; as, fresh water.
4. Youthful; florid; as, these fresh nymphs. Shak.
5. In a raw, green, or untried state; uncultivated; uncultured; unpracticed; as, a fresh hand on a ship.
6. Renewed in vigor, alacrity, or readiness for action; as, fresh for a combat; hence, tending to renew in vigor; rather strong; cool or brisk; as, a fresh wind.
7. Not salt; as, fresh water, in distinction from that which is from the sea, or brackish; fresh meat, in distinction from that which is pickled or salted. Fresh breeze (Naut.), a breeze between a moderate and a strong breeze; one blowinq about twenty miles an hour. — Fresh gale, a gale blowing about forty-five miles an hour. — Fresh way (Naut.), increased speed.
Syn. — Sound; unimpaired; recent; unfaded: ruddy; florid; sweet; good: inexperienced; unpracticed: unused; lively; vigorous; strong.
FRESHFresh, n.; pl. Freshes (.
1. A stream or spring of fresh water. He shall drink naught but brine; for I'll not show him Where the quick freshes are. Shak.
2. A flood; a freshet. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
3. The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea. Beverly.
FRESHFresh, v. t.
Defn: To refresh; to freshen. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
FRESHENFresh"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freshened; p. pr. & vb. n. Freshening]
1. To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.
2. To refresh; to revive. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; as, to freshen a hawse. Totten. To freshen ballast (Naut.), to shift Or restore it. — To freshen the hawse, to pay out a little more cable, so as to bring the chafe on another part. — To freshen the way, to increase the speed of a vessel. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
FRESHENFresh"en, v. i.
1. To grow fresh; to lose saltness.
2. To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.
FRESHETFresh"et, n. Etym: [OE. fresche flood + -et. See Fresh, a.]
1. A stream of fresh water. [Obs.] Milton.
2. A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or meltedsnow; a sudden inundation.Cracked the sky, as ice in rivers When the freshet is at highest.Longfellow.
FRESHLYFresh"ly, adv.
Defn: In a fresh manner; vigorously; newly, recently; brightly;briskly; coolly; as, freshly gathered; freshly painted; the windblows freshly.Looks he as freshly as he did Shak.
FRESHMANFresh"man, n.; pl. Freshmen (.
Defn: novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his fist year in a college or university. He drank his glass and cracked his joke, And freshmen wondered as he spoke. Goldsmith. Freshman class, the lowest of the four classes in an American college. [ U. S.]
FRESHMANSHIPFresh"man*ship, n.
Defn: The state of being a freshman.
FRESHMENTFresh"ment, n.
Defn: Refreshment. [Obs.]
FRESHNESSFresh"ness, n.
Defn: The state of being fresh.The Scots had the advantage both for number and freshness of men.Hayward.And breathe the freshness of the open air. Dryden.Her cheeks their freshness lose and wonted grace. Granville.
FRESH-NEWFresh"-new`, a.
Defn: Unpracticed. [Obs.] Shak.
FRESH-WATERFresh"-wa`ter, a.
1. Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.
2. Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a seaman; as, a fresh-water sailor.
3. Unskilled; raw. [Colloq.] "Fresh-water soldiers." Knolles.
FRESNEL LAMP; FRESNEL LANTERN Fres`nel" lamp", Fres`nel" lan"tern. Etym: [From Fresnel the inventor, a French physicist.]
Defn: A lantern having a lamp surrounded by a hollow cylindricalFresnel lens.
FRESNEL LENSFres`nel" lens". Etym: [See Fresnel lamp.] (Optics)
Defn: See under Lens.
FRETFret, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See 1st Frith.
FRETFret, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fretted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fretting.] Etym:[OE. freten to eat, consume; AS. fretan, for foretan; pref. for- +etan to eat; akin to D. vreten, OHG. frezzan, G. fressen, Sw. fräta,Goth. fra-itan. See For, and Eat, v. t.]
1. To devour. [Obs.] The sow frete the child right in the cradle. Chaucer.
2. To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship. With many a curve my banks I fret. Tennyson.
3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish. By starts His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. Shak.
4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water.
5. To tease; to irritate; to vex. Fret not thyself because of evil doers. Ps. xxxvii. 1.
FRETFret, v. i.
1. To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges.
2. To eat in; to make way by corrosion. Many wheals arose, and fretted one into another with great excoriation. Wiseman.
3. To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast.
4. To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden.
FRETFret, n.
1. The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water. Addison.
2. Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret. Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret. Pope.
3. Herpes; tetter. Dunglison.
4. pl. (Mining)
Defn: The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins.
FRET Fret, v. t. Etym: [OE. fretten to adorn, AS. frætwan, frætwian; akin to OS. fratah, cf. Goth. us-fratwjan to make wise, also AS. frætwe ornaments, OS. fratahi adornment.]
Defn: To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.Whose skirt with gold was fretted all about. Spenser.Yon gray lines, That fret the clouds, are messengers of day. Shak.
FRETFret, n.
1. Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art. His lady's cabinet is a adorned on the fret, ceiling, and chimney- piece with . . . carving. Evelyn.
3. The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair. A fret of gold she had next her hair. Chaucer. Fret saw, a saw with a long, narrow blade, used in cutting frets, scrolls, etc.; a scroll saw; a keyhole saw; a compass saw.
FRET Fret, n. Etym: [F. frette a saltire, also a hoop, ferrule, prob. a dim. of L. ferrum iron. For sense 2, cf. also E. fret to rub.]
1. (Her.)
Defn: A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed.
FRETFret, v. t.
Defn: To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.
FRETFULFret"ful, a. Etym: [See 2d Fret.]
Defn: Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state ofvexation; as, a fretful temper.— Fret"ful-ly, adv.— Fret"ful-ness, n.
Syn. — Peevish; ill-humored; ill-natured; irritable; waspish; captious; petulant; splenetic; spleeny; passionate; angry. — Fretful, Peevish, Cross. These words all indicate an unamiable working and expression of temper. Peevish marks more especially the inward spirit: a peevish man is always ready to find fault. Fretful points rather to the outward act, and marks a complaining impatience: sickly children are apt to be fretful. Crossness is peevishness mingled with vexation or anger.
FRETTFrett, n. Etym: [See 2d Fret.] (Mining)
Defn: The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4.
FRETTFrett, n. Etym: [See Frit.]
Defn: A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda.
FRETTEDFret"ted, p. p. & a. Etym: [From 2d Fret.]
1. Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
2. Agitated; vexed; worried.
FRETTEDFret"ted, p. p. & a. Etym: [See 5th Fret.]
1. Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.
2. (Her.)
Defn: Interlaced one with another; — said of charges and ordinaries.
FRETTENFret"ten, a. Etym: [The old p. p. of fret to rub.]
Defn: Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox.[Obs.] Wright.
FRETTERFret"ter, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, frets.
FRETTYFret"ty, a. Etym: [See 5th Fret.]
Defn: Adorned with fretwork.
FRETUMFre"tum, n.; pl. Freta. Etym: [L.]
Defn: A strait, or arm of the sea.
FRETWORKFret"work, n. Etym: [6th fret + work.]
Defn: Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Heuce, any minute play of light andshade, dark and light, or the like. Banqueting on the turf in the fretwork of shade and sunshine. Macaulay.
FREYAFrey"a, n. Etym: [Icel. Freyja.] (Scand. Myth.)
Defn: The daughter of Njörd, aud goddess of love and beauty; the Scandinavian Venus; — in Teutonic myths confounded with Frigga, but in Scandinavian, distinct. [Written also Frea, Fraying, and Ereyja.]
FRIABIIITYFri"a*bii"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. friabilité.]
Defn: The quality of being friable; friableness. Locke.
FRIABLEFri"a*ble, a.
Defn: [friabilis, fr. friare to rub, break, or crumble into small pieces, cf. fricare to rub, E. fray. cf. F. friable.) Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder. "Friable ground." Evelyn. "Soft and friable texture." Paley. — Fri'a-ble-ness, n.
FRIAR Fri"ar, n. Etym: [OR. frere, F. frère brother, friar, fr. L. frater brother. See Brother.]
1. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: A brother or member of any religious order, but especially ofone of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, orFranciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d)White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary.
2. (Print.)
Defn: A white or pale patch on a printed page.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An American fish; the silversides. Friar bird (Zoöl.), an Australian bird (Tropidorhynchus corniculatus), having the head destitute of feathers; — called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; poor soldier, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus. — Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin. Brande & C. — Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood. — Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl. — Friar's lantern, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp. Milton. — Friar skate (Zoöl.), the European white or sharpnosed skate (Raia alba); — called also Burton skate, border ray, scad, and doctor.
FRIARLYFri"ar*ly, a.
Defn: Like a friar; inexperienced. Bacon.
FRIARYFri"ar*y, a. Etym: [From Friar, n.]
Defn: Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent. [Obs.]Camden.
FRIARYFri"ar*y, n. Etym: [OF. frerie, frairie, fr. frère. See Friar.]
1. A monastery; a convent of friars. Drugdale.
2. The institution or praactices of friars. Fuller.
FRIATIONFri*a"tion, n. Etym: [See Friable.]
Defn: The act of breaking up or pulverizing.
FRIBBLEFrib"ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. frivole, L. frivolus, or E. frippery.]
Defn: Frivolous; trifling; sily.
FRIBBLEFrib"ble, n.
Defn: A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.A pert fribble of a peer. Thackeray.
FRIBBLEFrib"ble, v. i.
1. To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act frivolously. The fools that are fribbling round about you. Thackeray.
2. To totter. [Obs.]
FRIBBLERFrib"bler, n.
Defn: A trifler; a fribble.
FRIBBLINGFrib"bling, a.
Defn: Frivolous; trining; toolishly captious.
FRIBORG; FRIBORGH Fri"borg , Fri"borgh, n. Etym: [AS. fri, lit., peace PLAGE; fri peace + borh, borg, pledge, akin to E. borrow. The first part of the word was confused with free, the last part, with borough.] (Old Eng. Law)
Defn: The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge. See Frankpledge. [Written also friburgh and fribourg.] Burril.
FRICACEFric"ace, n. Etym: [See Fricassee.]
1. Meat sliced and dressed with strong sauce. [Obs.] King.
2. An unguent; also, the act of rubbing with the unguent.
FRICANDEAU; FRICANDO Fri"can`deau`, Fric"*an*do (, n. Etym: [F. fricandeau; cf. Sp. fricandó.]
Defn: A ragout or fricassee of veal; a fancy dish of veal or of boned turkey, served as an entrée, — called also fricandel. A. J. Cooley.
FRICASSEE Fric"as*see`, n. Etym: [F. fricassée, fr. fricasser to fry, fricassee; cf. LL. fricare, perh. for frictare, fricare, frictum, to rub. Cf. Fry, Friction.]
Defn: A dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small animals cut into pieces, and stewed in a gravy.
FRICASSEEFric"as*see`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fricassed; p. pr. &. vb. n.Fricasseeing.]
Defn: To dress like a fricassee.
FRICATIONFri*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. fricatio, fr. fricare, fricatum, to rub. ]
Defn: Friction. [Obs.] Bacon.
FRICATIVEFric"a*tive, a. Etym: [See Frication.] (Phon.)
Defn: Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; — said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc. — n.
Defn: A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide toPronunciation, §§ 197-206, etc.
FRICATRICEFric"a*trice, n. Etym: [Cf. L. frictrix, fr. fricare to rub.]
Defn: A lewd woman; a harlot. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
FRICKLEFric"kle, n.
Defn: A bushel basket. [Obs.]
FRICTION Fric"tion, n. Etym: [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to rub: cf. F. friction. See Fray to rub, arid cf. Dentifrice.]
1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to excite the skin to healthy action.
2. (Mech.)
Defn: The resistance which a body meets with from the surface on which it moves. It may be resistance to sliding motion, or to rolling motion.
3. A clashing between two persons or parties in opinions or work; a disagreement tending to prevent or retard progress. Angle of friction (Mech.), the angle which a plane onwhich a body is lying makes with a horizontal plane,when the hody is just ready to slide dewn the plane.
Note: This angle varies for different bodies, and for planes of different materials. — Anti-friction wheels (Mach.), wheels turning freely on small pivots, and sustaining, at the angle formed by their circumferences, the pivot or journal of a revolving shaft, to relieve it of friction; — called also friction wheels. — Friction balls, or Friction rollers, balls or rollers placed so as to receive the pressure or weight of bodies in motion, and relieve friction, as in the hub of a bicycle wheel. — Friction brake (Mach.), a form of dynamometer for measuring the power a motor exerts. A clamp around the revolving shaft or fly wheel of the motor resists the motion by its friction, the work thus absorbed being ascertained by observing the force required to keep the clamp from revolving with the shaft; a Prony brake. — Friction chocks, brakes attached to the common standing garrison carriages of guns, so as to raise the trucks or wheels off the platform when the gun begins to recoil, and prevent its running back. Earrow. — Friction clutch, Friction coupling, an engaging and disengaging gear for revolving shafts, pulleys, etc., acting by friction; esp.: (a) A device in which a piece on one shaft or pulley is so forcibly pressed against a piece on another shaft that the two will revolve together; as, in the illustration, the cone a on one shaft, when thrust forcibly into the corresponding hollow cone b on the other shaft, compels the shafts to rotate together, by the hold the friction of the conical surfaces gives. (b) A toothed clutch, one member of which, instead of being made fast on its shaft, is held by friction and can turn, by slipping, under excessive strain or in starting. — Friction drop hammer, one in which the hammer is raised for striking by the friction of revolving rollers which nip the hammer rod. — Friction gear. See Frictional gearing, under Frictional. — Friction machine, an electrical machine, generating electricity by friction. — Friction meter, an instrument for measuring friction, as in testing lubricants. — Friction powder, Friction composition, a composition of chlorate of potassium, antimony, sulphide, etc, which readily ignites by friction. — Friction primer, Friction tube, a tube used for firing cannon by means of the friction of a roughened wire in the friction powder or composition with which the tube is filled — Friction wheel (Mach.), one of the wheels in frictional gearing. See under Frictional.
FRICTIONALFric"tion*al, a.
Defn: Relating to friction; moved by friction; produced by friction; as, frictional electricity. Frictional gearing, wheels which transmit motion by surface friction instead of teeth. The faces are sometimes made more or less V-shaped to increase or decrease friction, as required.
FRICTIONLESSFric"tion*less, a.
Defn: Having no friction.
FRIDAY Fri"day, n. Etym: [AS. frigedæg, fr. Frigu, the gooddes of marriage; friqu love + dæg day; cf. Icel. Frigg name of a goddess, the wife of Odin or Wodan, OHG. Friatag, Isel. Frjadagr. AS. frigu is prob. from the root of E. friend, free. See Free, and Day.]
Defn: The sixth day of the week, following Thursday and precedingSaturday.
FRIDGE Fridge, v. t. Etym: [AS. frician to dance, from free bold. Cf. Freak, n.]
Defn: To rub; to fray. [Obs.] Sterne.
FRIDSTOL; FRITHSTOOLFrid"stol`, Frith`stool", n. Etym: [AS. fril. See Fred, and Stool.]
Defn: A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders formerly fled for sanctuary. [Written variously fridstool, freedstool, etc.] [Obs.]
FRIEDFried,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Fry.
FRIEND Friend, n. Etym: [OR. frend, freond, AS. freónd, prop. p. pr. of freón, freógan, to love; akin to D. vriend friend, OS. friund friend, friohan to love, OHG. friunt friend, G. freund, Icel. frændi kinsman, Sw. frände. Goth. frij friend, frij to love. sq. root83. See Free, and cf. Fiend.]
1. One who entertains for another suo Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend. Dryden. A friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Prov. xviii. 24.
2. One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address. Friend, how camest thou in hither Matt. xxii. 12.
3. One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution.
4. One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers. America was first visited by Friends in 1656. T. Chase.
5. A paramour of either sex. [Obs.] Shak. A friend at court or in court, one disposed to act as a friend in a place of special opportunity or influence. — To be friends with, to have friendly relations with. "He's . . . friends with Cæsar." Shak. — To make friends with, to become reconciled to or on friendly terms with. "Having now made friends with the Athenians." Jowett (Thucyd. ).
FRIENDFriend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Friended; p. pr, & vb. n. Friending.]
Defn: To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.[Obs.]Fortune friends the bold. Spenser.
FRIENDEDFriend"ed, a.
1. Having friends; [Obs.]
2. Iuclined to love; well-disposed. [Obs.] Shak.
FRIENDINGFriend"ing, n.
Defn: Friendliness. [Obs.] Shak.
FRIENDLESSFriend"less, a. Etym: [AS. freóndleás.]
Defn: Destitute of friends; forsaken.— Friend"less*ness, n.
FRIENDLILYFriend"li*ly, adv.
Defn: In a friendly manner. Pope.
FRIENDLINESSFriend"li*ness, n.
Defn: The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
FRIENDLYFriend"ly, a. Etym: [AS. freéndlice.]
1. Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.
2. Appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable. In friendly relations with his moderate opponents. Macaulay.
3. Not hostile; as, a friendly power or state.
4. Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale. On the first friendly bank he throws him down. Addison.
Syn.— Amicable; kind; conciliatory; propitious; favorable. SeeAmicable.
FRIENDLYFriend"ly, adv.
Defn: In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends. [Obs.] Shak.In whom all graces that can perfect beauty Are friendly met. Beau. &Fl.
FRIENDSHIPFriend"ship, n. Etym: [AS. freóndscipe. See Friend, and -ship.]
1. The state of being friends; friendly relation, or attachment, to a person, or between persons; affection arising from mutual esteem and good will; friendliness; amity; good will. There is little friendship in the world. Bacon. There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity. Rambler. Preferred by friendship, and not chosen by sufficiency. Spenser.
2. Kindly aid; help; assistance, [Obs.] Some friendship will it [a hovel] lend you gainst the tempest. Shak.
3. Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; harmony; correspondence. [Obs.] Those colors . . . have a friendship with each other. Dryden.
FRIERFri"er, n.
Defn: One who fries.
FRIESEFriese, n.
Defn: Same as Friesic, n.
FRIESICFries"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province in the northern part of the Netherlands.
FRIESICFries"ic, n.
Defn: The language of the Frisians, a Teutonic people formerly occupying a large part of the coast of Holland and Northwestern Germany. The modern dialects of Friesic are spoken chiefly in the province of Friesland, and on some of the islands near the coast of Germany and Denmark.
FRIESISHFries"ish, a.
Defn: Friesic. [R.]
FRIEZE Frieze, n. Etym: [Perh. the same word as frieze a, kind of cloth. Cf. Friz.] (Arch.) (a) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture. (b) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See Illust. of Column. Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven. Milton.
FRIEZE Frieze, n. Etym: [F. frise, perh. originally a woolen cloth or stuff from Friesland (F. Frise); cf. LL. frisii panni and frissatus pannus, a shaggy woolen cloth, F. friser to friz, curl. Cf. Friz.]
Defn: A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. "Robes of frieze." Goldsmith.
FRIEZEFrieze, v. t.
Defn: To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See Friz, v. t.,
2. Friezing machine, a machine for friezing cloth; a friezing machine.
FRIEZEDFriezed, a.
Defn: Gathered, or having the map gathered, into little tufts, knots, or protuberances. Cf. Frieze, v. t., and Friz, v. t.,
2.
FRIEZERFrie"zer, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, friezes or frizzes.
FRIGATE Frig"ate, n. Etym: [F. frégate, It. fregata, prob. contracted fr. L. fabricata something constructed or. built. See Fabricate.]
1. Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely increased size and power were built, and formed the main part of the navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them. [Formerly spelled frigat and friggot.]
2. Any small vessel on the water. [Obs.] Spenser. Frigate bird (Zoöl.), a web-footed rapacious bird, of the genus Fregata; — called also man-of-war bird, and frigate pelican. Two species are known; that of the Southern United States and West Indies is F. aquila. They are remarkable for their long wings and powerful flight. Their food consists of fish which they obtain by robbing gulls, terns, and other birds, of their prey. They are related to the pelicans. — Frigate mackerel (Zoöl.), an oceanic fish (Auxis Rochei) of little or no value as food, often very abundant off the coast of the United States. — Frigate pelican. (Zoöl.) Same as Frigate bird.
FRIGATE-BUILTFrig"ate-built", a. (Naut.)
Defn: Built like a frigate with a raised quarter-deck and forecastle.
FRIGATOONFrig"a*toon`, n. Etym: [It. fregatone: cf. F.frégaton. See Frigate.](Naut.)
Defn: A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged.
FRIGEFACTIONFrig"e*fac`tion, n. Etym: [L. frigere to be cold + facere to make.]
Defn: The act of making cold. [Obs.]
FRIGEFACTIVEFrig"e*fac`tive, a.
Defn: Cooling. [Obs.] Boyle.
FRIGERATEFrig"er*ate, e. t. Etym: [L. frigerare, fr. frigus cold.]
Defn: To make cool. [Obs.] Blount.
FRIGG; FRIGGAFrigg, Frig"ga n. Etym: [Icel. Frigg. See Friday.] (Scand. Myth.)
Defn: The wife of Odin and mother of the gods; the supreme goddess; the Juno of the Valhalla. Cf. Freya.
FRIGHTFright, n. Etym: [OE. frigt, freyht, AS. fyrhto, fyrhtu; akin to OS.forhta, OHG. forhta, forahta, G. furcht, Dan. frygt, Sw. fruktan,Goth. faúrhtei fear, faúrhts timid.]
1. A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
2. Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion. [Colloq.]
Syn.— Alarm; terror; consternation. See Alarm.
FRIGHT Fright, v. t. [imp. Frighted; p. pr. & vb. n.. Frighting.] Etym: [OE. frigten to fear, frighten, AS. fyrhtan to frighten, forhtian to fear; akin to OS. forhtian, OHG. furihten, forahtan, G. fürchten, Sw. frukta, Dan. frygte, Goth. faurhtjan. See Fright, n., and cf. Frighten.]
Defn: To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify;to scare.Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit. Dryden.
Syn.— To affright; dismay; daunt; intimidate.
FRIGHTENFright"en, v. t. [imp. Frightened; p. pr. & vb. n. Frightening.]Etym: [See Fright, v. t.]
Defn: To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify. More frightened than hurt. Old Proverb.
FRIGHTFULFright"ful, a.
1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. [Obs.] See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne.
2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.
Syn. — Terrible; dreadful; alarming; fearful; terrific; awful; horrid; horrible; shocking. — Frightful, Dreadful, Awful. These words all express fear. In frightful, it is a sudden emotion; in dreadful, it is deeper and more prolonged; in awful, the fear is mingled with the emotion of awe, which subdues us before the presence of some invisible power. An accident may be frightful; the approach of death is dreadful to most men; the convulsions of the earthquake are awful.
FRIGHTFULLYFright"ful*ly, adv.
Defn: In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree.
FRIGHTFULNESSFright"ful*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being frightful.
FRIGHTLESSFright"less, a.
Defn: Free from fright; fearless. [Obs.]
FRIGHTMENTFright"ment, n.
Defn: Fear; terror. [Obs.]
FRIGIDFrig"id, a. Etym: [L. frigidus, fr. frigere to be cold; prob. akin toGr. Frill.]
1. Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate.
2. Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, etc.; unfeeling; forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated; stiff and formal; as, a frigid constitution; a frigid style; a frigid look or manner; frigid obedience or service.
3. Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent. Johnson. Frigid zone, that part of the earth which lies between either polar circle and its pole. It extends 23Arctic.
FRIGIDARIUM Frig"i*da`ri*um, n.; pl. Frigidaria. Etym: [L., neut. of frigidarium cooling.]
Defn: The cooling room of the Roman thermæ, furnished with a cold bath.
FRIGIDITYFri*gid"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. frigiditas: cf. F. frigidité.]
1. The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth. Ice is water congealed by the frigidity of the air. Sir T. Browne.
2. Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality; as, frigidity of a reception, of a bow, etc.
3. Want of heat or vigor; as, the frigidity of old age.
FRIGIDLYFrig"id*ly, adv.
Defn: In a frigid manner; coldly; dully; without affection.
FRIGIDNESSFrig"id*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection; coldness; dullness.
FRIGORIFIC; FRIGORIFICAL Frig"o*rif"ic, Frig"o*rif`ic*al a. Etym: [L. frigorificus; frigus, frigoris, cold + facere to make: cf. F. frigorifique.]
Defn: Causing cold; producing or generating cold. Quincy.
FRIJOL; FRIJOLE; FREJOL Fri"jol, Fri"jole, n.; pl. Frijoles. Also Fre"jol. [Sp. fríjol, fréjol.]
1. In Mexico, the southwestern United States, and the West Indies, any cultivated bean of the genus Phaseolus, esp. the black seed of a variety of P. vulgaris.
2. The beanlike seed of any of several related plants, as the cowpea. Frijoles are an important article of diet among Spanish- American peoples, being used as an ingredient of many dishes.
FRILLFrill, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Frilling.] Etym:[OF. friller, fr. L. frigidulus somewhat cold, dim. of frigidus cold;akin to F. frileux chilly.]
1. To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills. Johnson.
2. (Photog.)
Defn: To wrinkle; — said of the gelatin film.
FRILLFrill, v. t.
Defn: To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap.
FRILL Frill, n. Etym: [See Frill, v. i.]. (Zoöl.) (a) A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold. (b) A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal. See Frilled lizard (below). (c) A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals. (d) A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells.
2. A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce.
FRILLEDFrilled, a.
Defn: Furnished with a frill or frills. Frilled lizard (Zoöl.), a large Australian lizard (Chlamydosaurus Kingii) about three feet long, which has a large, erectile frill on each side of the neck.
FRIMFrim, a. Etym: [Cf. AS. freme good, bold, and E. frame.]
Defn: Flourishing; thriving; fresh; in good case; vigorous. [Obs.]"Frim pastures." Drayton.
FRIMAIREFri"maire`, n. Etym: [F., fr. frimas hoarfrost.]
Defn: The third month of the French republican calendar. It commencedNovember 21, and ended December 20., See Vendémiaire.
FRINGE Fringe, n. Etym: [OF, fringe, F. frange, prob. fr. L. fimbria fiber, thread, fringe, cf. fibra fiber, E. fiber, fimbriate.]
1. An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like.
2. Something resembling in any respect a fringe; a line of objects along a border or edge; a border; an edging; a margin; a confine. The confines of grace and the fringes of repentance. Jer. Taylor.
3. (Opt.)
Defn: One of a number of light or dark bands, produced by the interference of light; a diffraction band; — called also interference fringe.
4. (Bot.)
Defn: The peristome or fringelike appendage of the capsules of most mosses. See Peristome. Fringe tree (Bot.), a small tree (Chionanthus Virginica), growing in the Southern United States, and having snow- white flowers, with long pendulous petals.
FRINGEFringe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fringed; p. pr. & vb. a. Fringing.]
Defn: To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.Precipices fringed with grass. Bryant.Fringing reef. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
FRINGEDFringed, a.
Defn: Furnished with a fringe. Fringed lear (Bot.), a leaf edged with soft parallel hairs.
FRINGELESSFringe"less, a.
Defn: Having no fringe.
FRINGENTFrin"gent, a.
Defn: Encircling like a fringe; bordering. [R.] "The fringent air."Emerson.
FRINGE TREEFringe tree.
Defn: A small oleaceous tree (Chionanthus virginica), of the southernUnited States, having clusters of white flowers with slender petals.It is often cultivated.
FRINGILLAFrin*gil"la, a. Etym: [NL., fr. L. fringilla a chaffinch.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling.
FRINGILLACEOUSFrin`gil*la"ceous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Fringilline.
FRINGILLINEFrin*gil"line, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to the family Fringillidæ; characteristic of finches; sparrowlike.
FRINGYFrin"gy, a.
Defn: Aborned with fringes. Shak.
FRIPPERFrip"per, n. Etym: [F. fripier, fr. friper to rumple, fumble, waste.]
Defn: One who deals in frippery or in old clothes. [Obs.] Bacon.
FRIPPERERFrip"per*er, n.
Defn: A fripper. [Obs.] Johnson.
FRIPPERYFrip"per*y, n. Etym: [F. friperie, fr. fruper. See Fripper.]
1. Coast-off clothes. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affectedelegance.Fond of gauze and French frippery. Goldsmith.The gauzy frippery of a French translation. Sir W. Scott.
3. A place where old clothes are sold. Shak.
4. The trade or traffic in old clothes.
FRIPPERYFrip"per*y, a.
Defn: Trifling; contemptible.
FRISETTE; FRIZETTEFri*sette", Fri*zette", n. [F. frisette curl.]
Defn: a fringe of hair or curls worn about the forehead by women.
FRISEURFri"seur, n. Etym: [F., fr. friser to curl, frizzle. See Frizzle.]
Defn: A hairdresser.
FRISIANFri"sian, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province of the Netherlands;Friesic.
FRISIANFri"sian, n.
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Friesland; also, the language spoken in Friesland. See Friesic, n.
FRISKFrisk, a. Etym: [OF. frieque, cf. OHG. frise lively, brisk, fresh,Dan. & Sw. frisk, Icel. friskr. See Fresh, a.]
Defn: Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
FRISKFrisk, a.
Defn: A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. Johnson.
FRISKFrisk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frisked; p. pr. & vb. n. Frisking.]
Defn: To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety.The frisking satyrs on the summits danced. Addison.
FRISKALFrisk"al, n.
Defn: A leap or caper. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
FRISKERFrisker, n.
Defn: One who frisks; one who leaps of dances in gayety; a wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person. Camden.
FRISKET Fris"ket, n. Etym: [F. frisguette. Perh. so named from the velocity or frequency of its motion. See Frisk a.] (Print.)
Defn: The light frame which holds the sheet of paper to the tympan in printing.
FRISKFULFrisk"ful, a.
Defn: Brisk; lively; frolicsome.
FRISKILYFrisk"i*ly, adv.
Defn: In a frisky manner.
FRISKINESSFrisk"i*ness, n.
Defn: State or quality of being frisky.
FRISKYFrisk"y, a.
Defn: Inclined to frisk; frolicsome; gay.He is too frisky for an old man. Jeffrey.
FRISLETFris"let, n.
Defn: [Fraise a kind of defense; also Friz.) A kind of small ruffle.Halliwell.
FRIST Frist, v. t. Etym: [OE. fristen, firsten, to lend, give respite, postpone, AS. firstan to give respite to; akin to first time, G. frist, Icel. frest delay.]
Defn: To sell upon credit, as goods. [R.] Crabb.
FRISUREFri"sure`, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: The dressing of the hair by crisping or curling. Smollett.
FRITFrit, n. Etym: [F. fritte, fr. frit fried, p. p. of frire to fry. SeeFar, v. t.]
1. (Glass Making)
Defn: The material of which glass is made, after having been calcined or partly fused in a furnace, but before vitrification. It is a composition of silex and alkali, occasionally with other ingredients. Ure.
2. (Ceramics)
Defn: The material for glaze of pottery. Frit brick, a lump of calcined glass materials, brought to a pasty condition in a reverberatory furnace, preliminary to the perfect vitrification in the melting pot.
FRITFrit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fritted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fritting.]
Defn: To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially. Ure.
FRITFrit, v. t.
Defn: To fritter; — with away. [R.] Ld. Lytton.
FRITFLYFrit"fly`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small dipterous fly of the genus Oscinis, esp. O. vastator, injurious to grain in Europe, and O. Trifole, injurious to clover in America.
FRITH Frith, n. Etym: [OE. firth, Icel. fjör; akin to Sw. fjärd, Dan. fiord, E. ford. sq. root78. See Ford, n., and cf. Firth, Fiord, Fret a frith, Port a harbor.]
1. (Geog.)
Defn: A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth.
2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [Eng.] Carew.
FRITH Frith, n. Etym: [OE. frith peace, protection, land inclosed for hunting, park, forest, AS. fri peace; akin to freno peace, protection, asylum, G. friede peace, Icel. fri, and from the root of E. free, friend. See Free, a., and cf. Affray, Defray.]
1. A forest; a woody place. [Obs.] Drayton.
2. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure. [Obs.] Sir J. Wynne.
FRITHYFrith"y, a.
Defn: Woody. [Obs.] Skelton.
FRITILLARIAFrit"il*la`ri*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. fritillus dicebox: cf. F.fritillaire. So named from the checkered markings of the petals.](Bot.)
Defn: A genus of liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial(Fritillaria imperialis) is one species, and the Guinea-hen flower(F. Meleagris) another. See Crown-imperial.
FRITILLARYFrit"il*la*ry, n.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: theGuinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of several species of butterflies belonging to Argynnis and allied genera; — so called because the coloring of their wings resembles that of the common Fritillaria. See Aphrodite.
FRITINANCYFrit"i*nan*cy, n. Etym: [L. fritinnire to twitter.]
Defn: A chirping or creaking, as of a cricket. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
FRITTER Frit"ter, n. Etym: [OR. fritour, friture, pancake, F. friture frying, a thing fried, from frire to fry. See Far, v. t.]
1. A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters.
2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece. And cut whole giants into fritters. Hudibras. Corn fritter. See under Corn.
FRITTERFrit"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frittered; p. pr. & vb. n. Frittering.]
1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying.
2. To break into small pieces or fragments. Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense. Pope. To fritter away, to diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit, etc.
FRITTINGFrit"ting, n. Etym: [See Frit to expose to heat.]
Defn: The formation of frit or slag by heat with but incipient fusion.
FRIVOLFriv"ol, v. i.
Defn: To act frivolously; to trifle. Kipling. — Friv"ol*er (#),Friv"ol*ler, n. [All Colloq.]
FRIVOLISMFriv"o*lism, n.
Defn: Frivolity. [R.] Pristley.
FRIVOLITYFri*vol"i*ty, n.; pl. Frivolities. Etym: [Cg. F. frivolité. SeeFrivolous.]
Defn: The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition.
FRIVOLOUS Friv"o*lous, a. Etym: [L. frivolus; prob. akin to friare to rub, crumble, E. friable: cf. F. frivole.]
1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. Swift.
2. Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters. His personal tastes were low and frivolous. Macaulay.
Syn.— Trifling; trivial; slight; petty; worthless.— Friv"o*lous*ly, adv.— Friv"o*lous*ness, n.
FRIZ Friz, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frizzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Frizzing.] Etym: [Cf. F. friser to curl, crisp, frizzle, to raise the nap (on certain stuffs); prob.akin to OFries. frisle hair of the head. Cf. Frieze kind of cloth.] [Written also frizz.]
1. To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp. With her hair frizzed short up to her ears. Pepys.
2. To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
3. (Leather Manufacture)
Defn: To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument. Frizzing machine. (a) (Fabrics) A machine for frizzing the surface of cloth. (b) (Wood Working) A bench with a revolving cutter head slightly protruding above its surface, for dressing boards.
FRIZFriz, n.; pl. Frizzes (.
Defn: That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle. [Written also frizz.] He [Dr. Johnson], who saw in his glass how his wig became his face and head, might easily infer that a similar fullbottomed, well-curled friz of words would be no less becoming to his thoughts. Hare.
FRIZEFrize, n. (Arch.)
Defn: See 1st Frieze.
FRIZELFriz"el, a. (Firearms)
Defn: A movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock. Knight.
FRIZETTEFri*zette", n. Etym: [F. frisette curl.]
Defn: A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.
FRIZZFrizz, v. t. & n.
Defn: See Friz, v. t. & n.
FRIZZLEFriz"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frizzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Frizzling.]Etym: [Dim. of friz.]
Defn: To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle. Gay. To frizzle up, to crinkle or crisp excessively.
FRIZZLEFriz"zle, n.
Defn: A curl; a lock of hair crisped. Milton.
FRIZZLERFriz"zler`, n.
Defn: One who frizzles.
FRIZZLY; FRIZZYFriz"zly, Friz"zy, a.
Defn: Curled or crisped; as, frizzly, hair.
FRO Fro, adv. Etym: [OE. fra, fro, adv. & prep., Icel. fr, akin to Dan. fra from, E. from. See From.]
Defn: From; away; back or backward; — now used only in oppositionto the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To and fro under To. Millon.
FROFro, prep.
Defn: From. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FROCK Frock, n. Etym: [F. froc a monk's cowl, coat, garment, LL. frocus, froccus, flocus, floccus, fr. L. floccus a flock of wool; hence orig., a flocky cloth or garment;cf. L. flaccus flabby, E. flaccid.]
1. A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse hirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their ther clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman's frock.
2. A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord. Frock coat, a body coat for men, usually doublebreasted, the skirts not being in one piece with the body, but sewed on so as to be somewhat full. — Smock frock. See in the Vocabulary.
FROCKFrock, v. t.
1. To clothe in a frock.
2. To make a monk of. Cf. Unfrock.
FROCKEDFrocked, a.
Defn: Clothed in a frock.
FROCKLESSFrock"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of a frock.
FROEFroe, n. Etym: [See Frow.]
Defn: A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow. [Obs.] "Raging frantic froes." Draylon.
FROEFroe, n. Etym: [See Frow the tool]
Defn: An iron cleaver or splitting tool; a frow. [U. S.] Bartlett.
FROEBELIANFroe*bel"i*an, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, Friedrich Froebel, or the kindergarten system of education, which he organized. — n.
Defn: One who teaches by, or advocates the use of, the kindergarten system.
FROG Frog, n. Etym: [AS. froggu, frocga a frog (in sensel); akin to D. vorsch, OHG. frosk, G. frosch, Icel. froskr, fraukr, Sw. & Dan. frö.]
Defn: 1. (Zoöl.) An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime.
Note: The edible frog of Europe (Rana esculenta) is extensively used as food; the American bullfrog (R. Catesbiana) is remarkable for its great size and loud voice.
2. Etym: [Perh. akin to E. fork, cf. frush frog of a horse.] (Anat.)
Defn: The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals; the fourchette.
3. (Railroads)
Defn: A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it.
4. Etym: [Cf. fraco of wool or silk, L. floccus, E. frock.]
Defn: An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.
5. The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword. Cross frog(Railroads), a frog adapted for tracks that cross at right angles.— Frog cheese, a popular name for a large puffball.— Frog eater, one who eats frogs; — a term of contempt applied toa Frenchman by the vulgar class of English.— Frog fly. (Zoöl.) See Frog hopper.— Frog hopper (Zoöl.), a small, leaping, hemipterous insect livingon plants. The larvæ are inclosed are frothy liquid called cuckoospit or frog spit.— Frog lily (Bot.), the yellow water lily (Nuphar).— Frog spit (Zoöl.), the frothy exudation of the frog hopper; —called also frog spittle. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
FROGFrog, v. t.
Defn: To ornament or fasten (a coat, etc.) with trogs. See Frog, n., 4.
FROGBIT Frog"bit`, n. (Bot.) (a) A European plant (Hydrocharis Morsus-ranæ), floating on still water and propagating itself by runners. It has roundish leaves and small white flowers. (b) An American plant (Limnobium Spongia), with similar habits.
FROG-EYEDFrog"-eyed`, a.
Defn: Spotted with whitish specks due to a disease, or produced artificially by spraying; — said of tobacco used for cigar wrappers.
FROGFISH Frog"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) See Angler, n., 2. (b) An oceanic fish of the genus Antennarius or Pterophrynoides; — called also mousefish and toadfish.
FROGGEDFrogged, a.
Defn: Provided or ornamented with frogs; as, a frogged coat. SeeFrog, n., 4. Ld. Lytton.
FROGGYFrog"gy, a.
Defn: Abounding in frogs. Sherwood.
FROGMOUTHFrog"mouth`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of the genus Batrachostomus (family Podargidæ); — so called from their very broad, flat bills.
FROGS-BITFrog"s`-bit", n. (Bot.)
Defn: Frogbit.
FROGSHELLFrog"shell`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of numerous species of marine gastropod shells, belonging to Ranella and allied genera.
FROISE Froise, n. Etym: [OE. froise cf. F. froisser to bruise, E. frush to bruise,]
Defn: A kind of pancake. See 1st Fraise. [Written also fraise.]