FROLIC Frol"ic, a. Etym: [D. vroolijk; akin to G. frölich, fr. froh, OHG. fr, Dan. fro, OS. fr, cf. Icel. fr swift; all perh. akin to Skr. pru to spring up.]
Defn: Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full ofpranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.The frolic wind that breathes the spring. Milton.The gay, the frolic, and the loud. Waller.
FROLICFrol"ic, n.
1. A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth. He would be at his frolic once again. Roscommon.
2. A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking.
FROLICFrol"ic, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frolicked; p. pr. & vb. n. Frolicking.]
Defn: To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport. Hither, come hither, and frolic and play. Tennyson.
FROLICFULFrol"ic*ful, a.
Defn: Frolicsome. [R.]
FROLICKYFrol"ick*y, a.
Defn: Frolicsome. [Obs.] Richardson.
FROLICLYFrol"ic*ly, adv.
Defn: In a frolicsome manner; with mirth and gayety. [Obs.] Beau. &Fl.
FROLICSOMEFrol"ic*some, a.
Defn: Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive.Old England, who takes a frolicsome brain fever once every two orthree years, for the benefit of her doctors. Sir W. Scott.— Frol"ic*some*ly, adv.— Frol"ic*some*ness, n.
FROM From, prep. Etym: [AS. fram, from; akin to OS. fram out, OHG. & Icel. fram forward, Sw. fram, Dan. frem, Goth. fram from, prob. akin to E. forth. Fro, Foremost.]
Defn: Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; — used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of which anything proceeds; — the aritithesis and correlative of to; as, it, is one hundred miles from Boston to Springfield; he took his sword from his side; light proceeds from the sun; separate the coarse wool from the fine; men have all sprung from Adam, and often go from good to bad, and from bad to worse; the merit of an action depends on the principle from which it proceeds; men judge of facts from personal knowledge, or from testimony. Experience from the time past to the time present. Bacon. The song began from Jove. Drpden. From high Mæonia's rocky shores I came. Addison. If the wind blow any way from shore. Shak.
Note: From sometimes denotes away from, remote from, inconsistent with. "Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing." Shak. From, when joined with another preposition or an adverb, gives an opportunity for abbreviating the sentence. "There followed him great multitudes of people . . . from [the land] beyond Jordan." Math. iv. 25. In certain constructions, as from forth, from out, etc., the ordinary and more obvious arrangment is inverted, the sense being more distinctly forth from, out from — from being virtually the governing preposition, and the word the adverb. See From off, under Off, adv., and From afar, under Afar, adv. Sudden partings such as press The life from out young hearts. Byron.
FROMWARD; FROMWARDSFrom"ward, From"wards, prep. Etym: [AS. framweard about to depart.Cf. Froward]
Defn: A way from; — the contrary of toward. [Obs.]Towards or fromwards the zenith. Cheyne.
FRONDFrond, n. Etym: [L. frons, frondis, a leafy branch, foliage.] (Bot.)
Defn: The organ formed by the combination or union into one body of stem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification; as, the frond of a fern or of a lichen or seaweed; also, the peculiar leaf of a palm tree.
FRONDATIONFron*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. frondatio, from frons. See Frond.]
Defn: The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches; a kind of pruning. Evelyn.
FRONDEFronde, n. Etym: [F.] (F. Hist.)
Defn: A political party in France, during the minority of Louis XIV., who opposed the government, and made war upon the court party.
FRONDEDFrond"ed, a.
Defn: Furnished with fronds. "Fronded palms." Whittier.
FRONDENT Fron"dent, a. Etym: [L. frondens, p. pr. of frondere to put forth leaves. See Frond.]
Defn: Covered with leaves; leafy; as, a frondent tree. [R.]
FRONDESCEFron*desce", v. i. Etym: [L. frondescere, inchoative fr. frondere.See Frondent.]
Defn: To unfold leaves, as plants.
FRONDESCENCE Fron*des"cence, n. (Bot.) (a) The time at which each species of plants unfolds its leaves. (b) The act of bursting into leaf. Milne. Martyn.
FRONDEURFron"deur`, n. Etym: [F.] (F. Hist.)
Defn: A member of the Fronde.
FRONDIFEROUS Fron*dif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. frondifer frons a leafy branch + ferre to bear: cf. F. frondifere.]
Defn: Producing fronds.
FRONDLETFrond"let, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A very small frond, or distinct portion of a compound frond.
FRONDOSE Fron*dose", a. Etym: [L. frondosus leafy.] (Bot.) (a) Frond bearing; resembling a frond; having a simple expansion not separable into stem and leaves. (b) Leafy. Gray.
FRONDOUSFron"dous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Frondose. [R.]
FRONSFrons, n. Etym: [L., front.] (Anal.)
Defn: The forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.
FRONTFront, n. Etym: [F. frant forehead, L. frons, frontis; perh. akin toE. brow.]
1. The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face. Bless'd with his father's front, his mother's tongue. Pope. Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front. Shak. His front yet threatens, and his frowns command. Prior.
2. The forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming; as, a bold front; a hardened front. With smiling fronts encountering. Shak. The inhabitants showed a bold front. Macaulay.
3. The part or surface of anything which seems to look out, or to be directed forward; the fore or forward part; the foremost rank; the van; — the opposite to back or rear; as, the front of a house; the front of an army. Had he his hurts before Ay, on the front. Shak.
4. A position directly before the face of a person, or before the foremost part of a thing; as, in front of un person, of the troops, or of a house.
5. The most conspicuous part. The very head and front of my offending. Shak.
6. That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women. Like any plain Miss Smith's, who wears s front. Mrs. Browning.
7. The beginning. "Summer's front." Shak. Bastioned front (Mil.), a curtain connerting two half bastions. — Front door, the door in the front wall of a building, usually the principal entrance. — Front of fortification, the works constructed upon any one side of a polygon. Farrow. — Front of operations, all that part of the field of operations in front of the successive positions occupied by the army as it moves forward. Farrow. — To come to the front, to attain prominence or leadership.
FRONTFront, a.
Defn: Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, a front view.
FRONTFront, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fronted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fronting.]
1. To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner. You four shall front them in the narrow lane. Shak.
2. To appear before; to meet. [Enid] daily fronted him In some fresh splendor. Tennyson.
3. To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as, the house fronts the street. And then suddenly front the changed reality. J. Morley.
4. To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church.
5. To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel. Yonder walls, that pertly front your town. Shak.
FRONTFront, v. t.
Defn: To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the house fronts toward the east.
FRONTAGEFront"age, n.
Defn: The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.
FRONTALFron"tal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. frontal.]
Defn: Belonging to the front part; being in front; esp. (Anat.),
Defn: Of or pertaining to the forehead or the anterior part of the roof of the brain case; as, the frontal bones.
FRONTAL Fron"tal, n. Etym: [F. frontal, fronteau, OF. Frontel, frontal, L. frontale an ornament for the forehead, frontlet. See Front.]
1. Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet; as: (a) An ornamental band for the hair. (b) (Mil.) The metal face guard of a soldier.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: A little pediment over a door or window.
3. (Eccl.)
Defn: A movable, decorative member in metal, carved wood, or, commonly, in rich stuff or in embroidery, covering the front of the altar. Frontals are usually changed according to the different ceremonies.
4. (Med.)
Defn: A medicament or application for the forehead. [Obs.] Quincy.
5. (Anat.)
Defn: The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium. Frontal hammer or helve, a forge hammer lifted by a cam, acting upon a "tongue" immediately in front of the hammer head. Raymond.
FRONTATE; FRONTATEDFron"tate, Fronta*ted, a.
Defn: Growing broader and broader, as a leaf; truncate.
FRONTEDFront"ed, a.
Defn: Formed with a front; drawn up in line. "Fronted brigades."Milton.
FRONTIERFron"tier, n. Etym: [F. frontière, LL. frontaria. See Front.]
1. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization.
2. (Fort.)
Defn: An outwork. [Obs.]Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets. Shak.
FRONTIERFron"tier, a.
1. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town.
2. Of or relating to a frontier. "Frontier experience." W. Irving.
FRONTIERFron"tier, v. i.
Defn: To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; — with on. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
FRONTIEREDFron"tiered, p. a.
Defn: Placed on the frontiers. [R.]
FRONTIERSMANFron"tiers*man, n.; pl. Frontiersmen.
Defn: A man living on the frontier.
FRONTIGNAC; FRONTIGNAN Fron`ti*gnac", Fron`ti`gnan" (, n. Etym: [So called from Frontignan, a town in Southern France.]
1. A sweet muscadine wine made in Frontignan (Languedoc), France.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A grape of many varieties and colors.
FRONTINGLYFront"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a fronting or facing position; opposingly.
FRONTINIACFron`tin*iac", n.
Defn: See Frontignac.
FRONTISPIECE Fron"tis*piece, n. Etym: [F. frontispice, LL. frontispicium beginning, front of a church, fr. L. frons front + spicere, specere, to look at, view: cf. It. frontispizio. See Front and Spy.]
Defn: The part which first meets the eye; as: (a) (Arch.) The principal front of a building. [Obs. or R.] (b) An ornamental figure or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself.
FRONTLESSFront"less, a.
Defn: Without face or front; shameless; not diffident; impudent.[Obs.] "Frontless vice." Dryden. "Frontless flattery." Pope.
FRONTLESSLYFront"less*ly, adv.
Defn: Shamelessly; impudently. [Obs.]
FRONTLET Front"let, n. Etym: [OF. frontelet brow band, dim. of frontel, frontal. See Frontal, n.]
1. A frontal or brow band; a fillet or band worn on the forehead. They shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. Deut. vi. 8.
2. A frown (likened to a frontlet). [R. & Poetic] What makes that frontlet on Methinks you are too much of late i' the frown. Shak.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles.
FRONTO-Fron"to-. Etym: [L. frons, frontis, the forehead.] (Anat.)
Defn: A combining form signifying relating to the forehead or the frontal bone; as, fronto-parietal, relating to the frontal and the parietal bones; fronto-nasal, etc.
FRONTONFron`ton", n. Etym: [F., a pediment. See Front.] (Arch.)
Defn: Same as Frontal, 2.
FROPPISHFrop"pish, a. Etym: [Cf. Frap, Frape.]
Defn: Peevish; froward. [Obs.] Clarendon.
FROREFrore, adv. Etym: [See Frorn.]
Defn: Frostily. [Obs.]The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire.Milton.
FRORNFrorn, p. a. Etym: [AS. froren, p. p. of freósun to freeze. SeeFreeze.]
Defn: Frozen. [Obs.]Well nigh frorn I feel. Spenser.
FRORYFro"ry, a. Etym: [AS. freórig. See Frorn.]
1. Frozen; stiff with cold. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. Covered with a froth like hoarfrost. [Archaic] The foaming steed with frory bit to steer. Fairfax.
FROSTFrost, n. Etym: [OE. frost, forst, AS. forst, frost. fr. freósan tofreeze; akin to D. varst, G., OHG., Icel., Dan., & Sw. frost. *18.See Freeze, v. i.]
1. The act of freezing; — applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.
2. The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather. The third bay comes a frost, a killing frost. Shak.
3. Frozen dew; — called also hoarfrost or white frost. He scattereth the frost like ashes. Ps. cxlvii. 16.
4. Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character. [R.] It was of those moments of intense feeling when the frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow wreath. Sir W. Scott. Black frost, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and cause it to turn black, without the formation of hoarfrost. — Frost bearer (Physics), a philosophical instrument illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a cryophous. — Frost grape (Bot.), an American grape, with very small, acid berries. — Frost lamp, a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; — used especially in lighthouses. Knight. — Frost nail, a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's shoe to keen him from slipping. — Frost smoke, an appearance resembling smoke, caused by congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe cold. The brig and the ice round her are covered by a strange black obscurity: it is the frost smoke of arctic winters. Kane. — Frost valve, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe, hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to freeze. — Jack Frost, a popular personification of frost.
FROSTFrost, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frostted; p. pr. & vb. n. Frosting.]
1. To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants.
2. To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass. While with a hoary light she frosts the ground. Wordsworth.
3. To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather.
FROSTBIRDFrost"bird, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The golden plover.
FROSTBITEFrost"bite, n.
Defn: The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose. Kane.
FROSTBITEFrost`bite", v. t.
Defn: To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight ornip with frost.My wife up and with Mrs. Pen to walk in the fields to frostbitethemselves. Pepys.
FROST-BITTENFrost`-bit"ten, p. a.
Defn: Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing.
FROST-BLITE Frost`-blite", n. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Atriplex; orache. Gray. (b) The lamb's-quarters (Chenopodium album). Dr. Prior.
FROSTBOWFrost"bow`, n.
Defn: A white arc or circle in the sky attending frosty weather and formed by reflection of sunlight from ice crystals floating in the air; the parhelic circle whose center is at the zenith.
FROSTEDFrost"ed, a.
Defn: Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost;ornamented with frosting; also, frost-bitten; as, a frosted cake;frosted glass.Frosted work is introduced as a foil or contrast to burnished work.Knight.
FROSTFISH Frost`fish", n. (Zoöl.) (a) The tomcod; — so called because it is abundant on the New England coast in autumn at about the commencement of frost. See Tomcod. (b) The smelt. [Local, U. S.] (c) A name applied in New Zealand to the scabbard fish (Lepidotus) valued as a food fish.
FROSTILYFrost"i*ly, adv.
Defn: In a frosty manner.
FROSTINESSFrost"i*ness, n.
Defn: State or quality of being frosty.
FROSTINGFrost"ing, n.
1. A composition of sugar and beaten egg, used to cover or ornament cake, pudding, etc.
2. A lusterless finish of metal or glass; the process of producing such a finish.
FROSTLESSFrost"less, a.
Defn: Free from frost; as, a frostless winter.
FROST SIGNALFrost" sig`nal. (Meteor.)
Defn: A signal consisting of a white flag with a black center, used by the United States Weather Bureau to indicate that a local frost is expected. It is used only in Florida and along the coasts of the Pacific and the Gulf Mexico.
FROSTWEEDFrost"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: An American species of rockrose (Helianthemum Canadense), sometimes used in medicine as an astringent or aromatic tonic.
Note: It has large yellow flowers which are often sterile, and later it has abundant but inconspicuous flowers which bear seed. It is so called because, late in autumn, crystals of ice shoot from the cracked bark at the root; — called also frostwort.
FROSTWORKFrost`work", n.
Defn: The figurework, often fantastic and delicate, which moisture sometimes forms in freezing, as upon a window pane or a flagstone.
FROSTWORTFrost`wort", n. (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Frostweed.
FROSTYFrost"y, a. Etym: [Cf. AS. fyrstig.]
1. Attended with, or producing, frost; having power to congeal water; cold; freezing; as, a frosty night.
2. Covered with frost; as, the grass is frosty.
3. Chill in affection; without warmth of affection or courage. Johnson.
4. Appearing as if covered with hoarfrost; white; gray-haired; as, a frosty head. Shak.
FROTEFrote, v. t. Etym: [F. frotter.]
Defn: To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
FROTERERFro"ter*er, n.
Defn: One who frotes; one who rubs or chafes. [Obs.] Marston.
FROTH Froth, n. Etym: [OE. frothe, Icel. frotha; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. afreothan to froth.]
1. The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement.
2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. Johnson. It was a long speech, but all froth. L'Estrange.
3. Light, unsubstantial matter. Tusser. Froth insect (Zoöl.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; — called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly. — Froth spit. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
FROTHFroth, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frothed; p. pr. & vb. n.. Frothing.]
1. To cause to foam.
2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth. He . . . froths treason at his mouth. Dryden. Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more Tennyson.
3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.
FROTHFroth, v. i.
Defn: To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.
FROTHILYFroth"i*ly, adv.
Defn: In a frothy manner.
FROTHINESSFroth"i*ness, n.
Defn: State or quality of being frothy.
FROTHINGFroth"ing, n.
Defn: Exaggerated declamation; rant.
FROTHLESSFroth"less, a.
Defn: Free from froth.
FROTHYFroth"y, a. [Compar. Frothier; superl. Frothiest.]
1. Full of foam or froth, or consisting of froth or light bubbles; spumous; foamy.
2. Not firm or solid; soft; unstable. Bacon.
3. Of the nature of froth; light; empty; unsubstantial; as, a frothy speaker or harangue. Tillotson.
FROUFROUFrou"frou`, n. [F., of imitative origin.]
Defn: A rustling, esp. the rustling of a woman's dress.
FROUNCEFrounce, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Frouncing.]Etym: [OE. frouncen, fronsen, to told, wrinkle, OF. froncier, F.froncer, perh. fr. an assumed LL. frontiare to wrinkle the forehead,L. frons forehead. See Front, and cf. Flounce part of a dress.]
Defn: To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair. Not tricked and frounced, as she was wont. Milton.
FROUNCEFrounce, v. i.
Defn: To form wrinkles in the forehead; to manifest displeasure; tofrown. [Obs.]The Commons frounced and stormed. Holland.
FROUNCEFrounce, n.
1. A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; — also, a frown. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
2. An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill. Booth.
FROUNCELESSFrounce"less, a.
Defn: Without frounces. Rom. of R.
FROUZY Frou"zy, a. Etym: [Prov. E. frouzy froward, peevish, offensive to the eye or smell; cf. froust a musty smell, frouse to rumple, frouze to curl, and E. frounce, frowy.]
Defn: Fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight; slovenly; dingy. See Frowzy. "Petticoats in frouzy heaps." Swift.
FROW Frow, n. Etym: [D. vrouw; akin to G. frau woman, wife, goth, fráuja master, lord, AS. freá.]
1. A woman; especially, a Dutch or German woman. Beau. & Fl.
2. A dirty woman; a slattern. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
FROWFrow, n. Etym: [Cf. Frower.]
Defn: A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.
FROWFrow, a.
Defn: Brittle. [Obs.] Evelyn.
FROWARDFro"ward, a. Etym: [Fro + -ward. See Fro, and cf. Fromward.]
Defn: Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or isreasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child.A froward man soweth strife. Prov. xvi. 28.A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation.Bacon.
Syn.— Untoward; wayward; unyielding; ungovernable: refractory;obstinate; petulant; cross; peevish. See Perverse.— Fro"ward*ly, adv.— Fro"ward*ness, n.
FROWERFrow"er, n. Etym: [Cf. frow a frower, and Prov. E, frommard.]
Defn: A tool. See 2d Frow. Tusser.
FROWEYFrow"ey, a. Etym: [See Frow, a.] (Carp.)
Defn: Working smoothly, or without splitting; — said of timber.
FROWN Frown, v. i. [imp. &, p. p. Frowned; p. pr. & vb. n. Frowning.] Etym: [OF. froignier, F. frogner, in se refrogner, se renfrogner, to knit the brow, to frown; perh. of Teutonic origin; cf. It. in frigno wrinkled, frowning, Prov. It. frignare to cringe the face, to make a wry face, dial. Sw. fryna to make a wry face,]
1. To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look. The frowning wrinkle of her brow. Shak.
2. To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness. The sky doth frown and lower upon our army. Shak.
FROWNFrown, v. t.
Defn: To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.
FROWNFrown, n.
1. A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stere look; a scowl. His front yet threatens, and his frowns command. Prior. Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are. H. Coleridge.
2. Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence; the frowns of Fortune.
FROWNINGLYFrown"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a frowning manner.
FROWNYFrown"y, a.
Defn: Frowning; scowling. [Obs.]Her frowny mother's ragged shoulder. Sir F. Palgrave.
FROWYFrow"y, a. Etym: [Cf. Frowzy, Frouzy.]
Defn: Musty. rancid; as, frowy butter. "Frowy feed." Spenser
FROWZYFrow"zy, a. Etym: [See Frouzy.]
Defn: Slovenly; unkempt; untidy; frouzy. "With head all frowzy."Spenser.The frowzy soldiers' wives hanging out clothes. W. D. Howells.
FROZEFroze,
Defn: imp. of Freeze.
FROZENFro"zen, a.
1. Congealed with cold; affected by freezing; as, a frozen brook. They warmed their frozen feet. Dryden.
2. Subject to frost, or to long and severe cold; chilly; as, the frozen north; the frozen zones.
3. Cold-hearted; unsympathetic; unyielding. [R.] Be not ever frozen, coy. T. Carew.
FROZENNESSFro"zen*ness, n.
Defn: A state of being frozen.
FRUBISHFrub"ish, v. t. Etym: [See Furbish.]
Defn: To rub up: to furbish. [Obs.] Beau. c& Et.
FRUCTEDFruc"ted, a. Etym: [L. fructus fruit. See Fruit.] (Her.)
Defn: Bearing fruit; — said of a tree or plant so represented upon an escutcheon. Cussans.
FRUCTESCENCEFruc*tes"cence, n. Etym: [L. fructus fruit.] (Bot.)
Defn: The maturing or ripening of fruit. [R.] Martyn.
FRUCTICULOSEFruc*tic"u*lose`, a.
Defn: Fruitful; full of fruit.
FRUCTIDORFruc`ti`dor", n. Etym: [F., fr. L. fructus fruit.]
Defn: The twelfth month of the French republican calendar; — commencing August 18, and ending September 16. See Vendémiaire.
FRUCTIFERUOS Fruc*tif"er*uos, a. Etym: [L. fructifer; fructus fruit + ferre to bear; cf. F. fructifère.]
Defn: Bearing or producing fruit. Boyle.
FRUCTIFICATION Fruc`ti*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. fructificatio: cf. F. fructification.]
1. The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation. The prevalent fructification of plants. Sir T. Brown.
2. (Bot.) (a) The collective organs by which a plant produces its fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores. (b) The process of producing fruit, or seeds, or spores.
FRUCTIFY Fruc"ti*fy, v. i. Etym: [F. fructifier, L. fructificare; fructus fruit + ficare (only in comp.), akin to L. facere to make. See Fruit, and Fact.]
Defn: To bear fruit. "Causeth the earth to fructify." Beveridge.
FRUCTIFYFruc"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fructified; p. pr. & vb. n.Fructifying.]
Defn: To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth.
FRUCTOSEFruc*tose", n. Etym: [L. fructus fruit.] (Chem.)
Defn: Fruit sugar; levulose. [R.]
FRUCTUARYFruc"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Fructuaries. Etym: [L. fructuarius.]
Defn: One who enjoys the profits, income, or increase of anything.Kings are not proprietors nor fructuaries. Prynne.
FRUCTUATIONFruc"tu*a`tion, n.
Defn: Produce; fruit, [R.]
FRUCTUOUSFruc"tu*ous, a. Etym: [L. fructuosus: cf, F. fructueux.]
Defn: Fruitful; productive; profitable. [Obs.]Nothing fructuous or profitable. Chaucer.— Fruc"tu*ous*ly, adv.— Fruc"tu*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]
FRUCTUREFruc"ture, n. Etym: [L. frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy. See Fruit, n.]
Defn: Use; fruition; enjoyment. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
FRUE VANNERFrue" van"ner. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Mining)
Defn: A moving, inclined, endless apron on which ore is concentrated by a current of water; a kind of buddle.
FRUGAL Fru"gal, a. Etym: [L. frugalis, fr. frugi, lit., for fruit; hence, fit for food, useful, proper, temperate, the dative of frux, frugis, fruit, akin to E. fruit: cf. F. frugal. See Fruit, n.]
1. Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time. I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions. Milton.
2. Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal fortune. "Frugal fare." Dryden.
FRUGALITY Fru*gal"i*ty, n.; pl. Frugalities. Etym: [L. frugalitas: cf. F. frugalité.]
1. The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful management of anything valuable which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose; thrift; —- opposed to extravagance. Frugality is founded on the principle that all riches have limits. Burke.
2. A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise.
Syn.— Economy; parsimony. See Economy.
FRUGALLYFru"gal*ly, adv.
Defn: Thriftily; prudently.
FRUGALNESSFru"gal*ness
Defn: , n. Quality of being frugal; frugality.
FRUGIFEROUS Fru*gif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. frugifer; frux, frugis, fruit + ferre to bear: cf. F. frugifere.]
Defn: Producing fruit; fruitful; fructiferous. Dr. H. More.
FRUGIVORAFru*giv"o*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Frugivorous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The fruit bate; a group of the Cheiroptera, comprising the bats which live on fruits. See Eruit bat, under Fruit.
FRUGIVOROUS Fru*giv"o*rous, a. Etym: [L. frux, frugis, fruit + vorare to devour.: cf. F. frugivore.]
Defn: Feeding on fruit, as birds and other animals. Pennant.
FRUIT Fruit, n. Etym: [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See Broook, v. t., and cf. Fructify, Frugal.]
1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; — commonly used in the plural. Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof. Ex. xxiii. 10.
2. (Hort.)
Defn: The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
Note: Fruits are classified as fleshy, drupaceous, and -dry. Fleshy fruits include berries, gourds, and melons, orangelike fruita and pomes; drupaceous fruits are stony within and fleshy without, as peaches, plums, and chercies;and dry fruits are further divided into achenes, follicles, legumes, capsules, nuts, and several other kinds.
4. (Bot.)
Defn: The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them.
6. The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body. King Edward's fruit, true heir to the English crown. Shak.
6. That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any action; advantageous or desirable product or result; disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance. The fruit of rashness. Shak. What I obtained was the fruit of no bargain. Burke. They shall eat the fruit of their doings. Is. iii 10. The fruits of this education became visible. Macaulay.
Note: Fruit is frequently used adjectively, signifying of, for, or pertaining to a fruit or fruits; as, fruit bud; fruit frame; fruit jar; fruit knife; fruit loft; fruit show; fruit stall; fruit tree; etc. Fruit bat (Zoöl.), one of the Frugivora; — called also fruit- eating bat. — Fruit bud (Bot.), a bud that produces fruit; — in most oplants the same as the power bud. Fruit dot (Bot.), a collection of fruit cases, as in ferns. See Sorus. — Fruit fly (Zoöl.), a small dipterous insect of the genus Drosophila, which lives in fruit, in the larval state. — Fruit jar, a jar for holding preserved fruit, usually made of glass or earthenware. — Fruit pigeon (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of pigeons of the family Carpophagidæ, inhabiting India, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. They feed largely upon fruit. and are noted for their beautiful colors. — Fruit sugar (Chem.), a kind of sugar occurring, naturally formed, in many ripe fruits, and in honey; levulose. The name is also, though rarely, applied to invert sugar, or to the natural mixture or dextrose and levulose resembling it, and found in fruits and honey. — Fruit tree (Hort.), a tree cultivated for its edible fruit. — Fruit worm (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of insect larvæ: which live in the interior of fruit. They are mostly small species of Lepidoptera and Diptera. — Small fruits (Hort.), currants, raspberries, strawberries, etc.
FRUITFruit, v. i.
Defn: To bear fruit. Chesterfield.
FRUITAGEFruit"age, n. Etym: [F. fruitage.]
1. Fruit, collectively; fruit, in general; fruitery. The trees . . . ambrosial fruitage bear. Milton.
2. Product or result of any action; effect, good or ill.
FRUITERFruit"er, a.
Defn: A ship for carrying fruit.
FRUITERERFruit"er*er, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fruitier.]
Defn: One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits.
FRUITERESSFruit"er*ess, n.
Defn: A woman who sells fruit.
FRUITERY Fruit"er*y, n.; pl. Fruiteries. Etym: [F. fruiterie place where fruit is kept, in OF. also, fruitage.]
1. Fruit, taken collectively; fruitage. J. Philips.
2. A repository for fruit. Johnson.
FRUITESTEREFruit"es*tere, n.
Defn: A fruiteress. [Obs.]
FRUITFULFruit"ful, a.
Defn: Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results;prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, orseason, or soil; a fruitful wife.— Fruit"ful*ly, adv.— Fruit"ful*ness, n.Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth. Gen. i. 28.[Nature] By disburdening grows More fruitful. Milton.The great fruitfulness of the poet's fancy. Addison.
Syn. — Fertile; prolific; productive; fecund; plentiful; rich; abundant; plenteous. See Fertile.
FRUITINGFruit"ing, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or producing, fruit.
FRUITINGFruit"ing, n.
Defn: The bearing of fruit.
FRUITION Fru*i"tion, n. Etym: [OF. fruition, L. fruitio, enjoyment, fr. L. frui, p. p. fruitus, to use or enjoy. See Fruit, n.]
Defn: Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use. "Capacity of fruition." Rogers. "Godlike fruition." Milton. Where I may have fruition of her love. Shak.
FRUITIVEFru"i*tive, a. Etym: [See Fruition.]
Defn: Eujoying; possessing. [Obs.] Boyle.
FRUITLESSFruit"less, a.
1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage. Shak.
2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy. They in mutual accusation spent The fruitless hours. Milton.
Syn.— Useless; barren; unprofitable; abortive; ineffectual; vain; idle;profitless. See Useless.— Fruit"less*ly, adv.— Fruit"lness*ness, n.
FRUITYFruit"y, a.
Defn: Having the odor, taste, or appearance of fruit; also, fruitful.Dickens.
FRUMENTACEOUS Fru"men*ta"ceous, a. Etym: [L. frumentaceus, fr. frumentum corn or grain, from the root of frux fruit: cf. F. frumentacé. See Frugal.]
Defn: Made of, or resembling, wheat or other grain.
FRUMENTARIOUSFru`men*ta"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. frumentarius.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to wheat or grain. [R.] Coles.
FRUMENTATIONFru`men*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. frumentatio.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: A largess of grain bestowed upon the people, to quiet them when uneasy.
FRUMENTYFru"men*ty, n. Etym: [OF. fromentée, fr. L. frumentum. SeeFrumentaceous.]
Defn: Food made of hulled wheat boiled in milk, with sugar, plums, etc. [Written also furmenty and furmity.] Halliwell.
FRUMP Frump, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. frumple to wrinkle, ruffle, D. frommelen.]
Defn: To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
FRUMPFrump, n.
1. A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
2. A cross, old-fashioned person; esp., an old woman; a gossip. [Colloq.] Halliwell.
FRUMPERFrump"er, n.
Defn: A mocker. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
FRUMPISHFrump"ish, a.
1. Cross-tempered; scornful. [Obs.]
2. Old-fashioned, as a woman's dress. Our Bell . . . looked very frumpish. Foote.
FRUSHFrush, v. t. Etym: [F. froisser to bruise. Cf. Froise.]
Defn: To batter; to break in pieces. [Obs.]I like thine armor well; I'll frush it and unlock the rivets all.Shak.
FRUSHFrush, a.
Defn: Easily broken; brittle; crisp.
FRUSHFrush, n.
Defn: Noise; clatter; crash. [R.] Southey.
FRUSH Frush, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. frosch, frosk, a frog (the animal), G. frosch frog (the animal), also carney or lampass of horses. See Frog, n., 2.]
1. (Far.)
Defn: The frog of a horse's foot.
2. A discharge of a fetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's foot; — also caled thrush.
FRUSTRABLEFrus"tra*ble, a. Etym: [L. frustrabilis: cf. F. frustable.]
Defn: Capable of beeing frustrated or defeated.
FRUSTRANEOUSFrus*tra"ne*ous, a. Etym: [See Frustrate, a.]
Defn: Vain; useless; unprofitable. [Obs.] South.
FRUSTRATE Frus"trate, a. Etym: [L. frustratus, p. p. of frustrare, frustrari, to deceive, frustrate, fr. frustra in vain, witout effect, in erorr, prob. for frudtra and akin to fraus, E. fraud.]
Defn: Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. "Our frustrate search." Shak.
FRUSTRATEFrus"trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frustrated; p. pr. & vb. n.Frustrating.]
1. To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose. Shall the adversary thus obtain His end and frustrate thine Milton.
2. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.
Syn.— To balk; thwart; foil; baffle; defeat.
FRUSTRATELYFrus"trate*ly, adv.
Defn: In vain. [Obs.] Vicars.
FRUSTRATIONFrus*tra"tion, n. Etym: [L. frustratio: cf. OF. frustration.]
Defn: The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs
FRUSTRATIVEFrus"tra*tive, a.
Defn: Tending to defeat; fallacious. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
FRUSTRATORYFrus"tra*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. frustrotorius: cf. F. frustratoire.]
Defn: Making void; rendering null; as, a frustratory appeal. [Obs.]Ayliffe.
FRUSTULE Frus"tule, n. Etym: [L. frustulum, dim. fr. frustum a piece: cf. F. frustule.] (Bot.)
Defn: The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of two valves, one overlapping the other, like a pill box and its cover.
FRUSTULENTFrus"tu*lent, a. Etym: [L. frustulentus. See Frustule.]
Defn: Abounding in fragments. [R.]
FRUSTUM Frus"tum, n.; pl. L. Frusta, E. Frustums. Etym: [L. fruslum piece, bit.]
1. (Geom.)
Defn: The part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting off the, top; or the part of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, etc., between two planes, which may be either parallel or inclined to each other.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: One of the drums of the shaft of a column.
FRUTAGEFrut"age, n. Etym: [Cf. Fruitage.]
1. A picture of fruit; decoration by representation of fruit. The cornices consist of frutages and festoons. Evelyn.
2. A confection of fruit. [Obs.] Nares.
FRUTESCENT Fru*tes"cent, a. Etym: [L. frulex, fruticis, shrub, bush: cf. F. frutescent, L. fruticescens, p. pr.] (Bot.)
Defn: Somewhat shrubby in character; imperfectly shrubby, as theAmerican species of Wistaria.
FRUTEXFru"tex, n. Etym: [L.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant having a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub.
FRUTICANT Fru"ti*cant, a. Etym: [L. fruticans, p. pr. of fruticare, to become bushy, fr. frutex, fruticis, shrub.]
Defn: Full of shoots. [Obs.] Evelyn.
FRUTICOSEFru"ti*cose`, a. Etym: [L. fruticosus, from frutex, fruticis, shrub](Bot.)
Defn: Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs; branching like a shrub; shrubby; shrublike; as, a fruticose stem. Gray.
FRUTICOUSFru"ti*cous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Fruticose. [R.]
FRUTICULOSE Fru*tic"u*lose`, a. Etym: [Dim. fr. L. fruticosus bushy: cf. F. fruticuleux.] (Bot.)
Defn: Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub. Gray.
FRYFry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fried; p. pr. & vb. n. Frying.] Etym: [OE.frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry, cf. Gr. bhrajj.Cf. Fritter.]
Defn: To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry fish; to fry doughnuts.
FRYFry, v. i.
1. To undergo the process of frying; to be subject to the action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a kettle of hot fat.
2. To simmer; to boil. [Obs.] With crackling flames a caldron fries. Dryden The frothy billows fry. Spenser.
3. To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat. To keep the oil from frying in the stomach. Bacon.
4. To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [Obs.] What kindling motions in their breasts do fry. Fairfax.
FRYFry, n.
1. A dish of anything fried.
2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloq.]
FRY Fry, n. Etym: [OE. fri, fry, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare tosub (see Friction), but cf. also Icel. fræ, frjo, seed, Sw. & Dan. frö, Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The young of any fish.
2. A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or smallthings in general.The fry of children young. Spenser.To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry. Milton.We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small fry.Walpole.
FRYINGFry"ing, n.
Defn: The process denoted by the verb fry. Frying pan, an iron pan with a long handle, used for frying meat. vegetables, etc.
FUFu, n. [Chin.]
Defn: A department in China comprising several hsein; also, the chief city of a department; — often forming the last part of a name; as, Paoting-fu.
FUAGEFu"age, n.
Defn: Same as Fumage.
FUARFu"ar, n.
Defn: Same as Feuar.
FUB; FUBSFub, Fubs (, n. Etym: [Cf. Fob a pocket.]
Defn: A plump young person or child. [Obs.] Smart.
FUBFub, v. t. Etym: [The same word as fob to cheat.]
Defn: To put off by trickery; to cheat. [Obs.] I have been fubbed off, and fubbed off, and fabbed off, from this day to that day. Shak.
FUBBERYFub"ber*y, n.
Defn: Cheating; deception. Marston.
FUBBY; FUBSYFub"by, Fub"sy a.
Defn: Plump; chubby; short and stuffy; as a fubsy sofa. [Eng.]A fubsy, good-humored, silly . . . old maid. Mme. D'Arblay.
FUCATE; FUCATED Fu"cate, Fu"ca*ted a. Etym: [L. fucatus, p. p. of fucare to color, paint, fr. fucus.]
Defn: Painted; disguised with paint, or with false show.
FUCHSFuchs, n. Etym: [G., prop., a fox.] (German Univ.)
Defn: A student of the first year.
FUCHSIAFuch"si*a, n.; pl. E. Fuchsias, L. Fuchslæ. Etym: [NL. Named afterLeonard Fuchs, a German botanist.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double-flowered varieties are now common in cultivation.
FUCHSINE Fuch"sine, n. Etym: [Named by the French inventor, from Fuchs a fox, the German equivalent of his own name, Renard.] (Chem.)
Defn: Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See Rosaniline.
FUCIVOROUSFu*civ"o*rous, a. Etym: [Fucus + L. vorare to eat.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Eating fucus or other seaweeds.
FUCOID Fu"coid, a. Etym: [Fucus + -oid.] (Bot.) (a) Properly, belonging to an order of alga: (Fucoideæ) which are blackish in color, and produce oöspores which are not fertilized until they have escaped from the conceptacle. The common rockweeds and the gulfweed (Sargassum) are fucoid in character. (b) In a vague sense, resembling seaweeds, or of the nature of seaweeds.
FUCOIDFu"coid, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant, whether recent or fossil, which resembles a seaweed.See Fucoid, a.
FUCOIDALFu*coid"al, a.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Fucoid.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: Containing impressions of fossil fucoids or seaweeds; as, fucoidal sandstone.
FUCUS Fu"cus, n.; pl. Fuci. Etym: [L. rock lichen, orchil, used as a red dye, red or purple color, disguise, deceit.]
1. A paint; a dye; also, false show. [Obs.]
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green color; rockweed.
Note: Formerly most marine alg were called fuci.
FUCUSOLFu"cu*sol, n. Etym: [Fucus + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.)
Defn: An oily liquid, resembling, and possibly identical with, furfurol, and obtained from fucus, and other seaweeds.
FUDFud, n. Etym: [Of uncertain origin.]
1. The tail of a hare, coney, etc. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
2. Woolen waste, for mixing with mungo and shoddy.
FUDDERFud"der, n.
Defn: See Fodder, a weight.
FUDDLEFud"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p., Fuddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fuddling.]Etym: [Perh. formed as a kind of dim. of full. Cf. Fuzzle.]
Defn: To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.[Colloq.]I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders. Steele.
FUDDLEFud"dle, v. i.
Defn: To drink to excess. [Colloq.]
FUDDLERFud"dler, n.
Defn: A drunkard. [Colloq.] Baxter.
FUDGEFudge, n. Etym: [Cf. Prov. F. fuche, feuche, an interj. of contempt.]
Defn: A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; — often an exclamation of contempt.
FUDGEFudge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Fudging.]
1. To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate. Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness. N. Fairfax.
2. To foist; to interpolate. That last "suppose" is fudged in. Foote .
FUDGE WHEELFudge" wheel". (Shoemaking)
Defn: A tool for ornamenting the edge of a sole.
FUEGIANFu*e"gi*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Terra del Fuego.— n.
Defn: A native of Terra del Fuego.
FUELFu"el, n. Etym: [OF. fouail, fuail, or fouaille, fuaille, LL.focalium, focale, fr. L. focus hearth, fireplace, in LL., fire. SeeFocus.] [Formerly written also fewel.]
1. Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.
2. Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement. Artificial fuel, fuel consisting of small particles, as coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or blocks.
FUELFu"el, v. t.
1. To feed with fuel. [Obs.] Never, alas I the dreadful name, That fuels the infernal flame. Cowley.
2. To store or furnish with fuel or firing. [Obs.] Well watered and well fueled. Sir H. Wotton.
FUELERFu"el*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, supplies fuel. [R.] [Written also fueller.] Donne.
FUERO Fu*e"ro, n. Etym: [Sp., fr. L. forum.] (Sp. Law) (a) A code; a charter; a grant of privileges. (b) A custom having the force of law. (c) A declaration by a magistrate. (d) A place where justice is administered. (e) The jurisdiction of a tribunal. Burrill.
FUFFFuff, v. t. & i. Etym: [Of imitative origin. Cf. Puff.]
Defn: To puff. [Prov. Eng. A Local, U. S.] Halliwel.
FUFFYFuff"y, a.
Defn: Light; puffy. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S.]
FUGAFu"ga, n. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: A fugue.
FUGACIOUSFu*ga"cious, a. Etym: [L. fugax, fugacis, from fugere: cf. F. fugace.See Fugitive.]
1. Flying, or disposed to fly; fleeing away; lasting but a short time; volatile. Much of its possessions is so hid, so fugacious, and of so uncertain purchase. Jer. Taylor.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: Fleeting; lasting but a short time; — applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life of the individual.
FUGACIOUSNESSFu*ga"cious*ness, n.
Defn: Fugacity. [Obs.]
FUGACITYFu*gac"i*ty, a. Etym: [L fugacitas: cf. F. fugacité.]
1. The quality of being fugacious; fugaclousness; volatility; as, fugacity of spirits. Boyle.
2. Uncertainty; instability. Johnson.
FUGACYFu"ga*cy, n.
Defn: Banishment. [Obs.] Milton.
FUGATOFu*ga"to, a. (Mus.)
Defn: in the gugue style, but not strictly like a fugue.— n.
Defn: A composition resembling a fugue.
FUGHFugh, interj.
Defn: An exclamation of disgust; foh; faugh. Dryden.
FUGHETTAFu*ghet"ta, n. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: a short, condensed fugue. Grove.
FUGITIVE Fu"gi*tive, a. Etym: [OE. fugitif, F. fugitif, fr. L. fugitivus, fr. fugere to flee. See Bow to bend, and cf. Feverfew.]
1. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor. The fugitive Parthians follow. Shak. Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear Richardson A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician. Sir H. Wotton.
2. Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; — applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea. The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves . . . of vegatables. Woodward. Fugitive compositions, Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice.
Syn. — Fleeting; unstable; wandering; uncertain; volatile; fugacious; fleeing; evanescent.
FUGITIVEFu"gi*tive, n.
1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
2. Something hard to be caught or detained. Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit. Harte. Fugitive from justice (Law), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.