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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Frānk'-law, n. p. 541(Eng. Law.) The liberty of being sworn in courts, as a juror or witness; one of the ancient privileges of a freeman; free and common law.Frānk'lin, n. p. 541An English freeholder, or substantial householder. [Obs.] First let me introduce you to the franklin, a small land-holder of those days. J. Stephens.Frānk'lin-ite, n. p. 541(Min.) A mineral compound of iron, zinc, and manganese, found in New Jersey, and named from its locality, Franklin Furnace, in the town of Hamburg, N. J. Dana.Fränk'ly, adv. p. 541In a frank manner; openly; ingenuously; liberally; freely. Very frankly he confessed his treason. Shak. When they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Luke vii. 42. Syn.—Openly…Frānk'-mār/riage, n. p. 541(Eng. Law.) A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a person, together with a wife, and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten. [Obs.] Blackstone.Frānk'ness, n. p. 541The quality of being frank; candor; openness; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality.Frānk'plēdge, n. p. 541(O. Eng. Law.) (a.) A pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen; a member of an ancient decenary, tithing, or friborg in England, being a pledge for the good conduct of the others, for the…Frānk'-tĕn'/e-ment, n. p. 541(Eng. Law.) A free tenement, freeholding, or freehold; either the tenure or the estate. Burrill.Frăn’tic, a. p. 541Mad; raving; furious; outrageous; wild and disorderly; distracted;—said of persons. Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed. Shak. 2. Characterized by violence, fury, and disorder; noisy; wild…Frăn’tic-al-ly, adv. p. 541Madly; distractedly; outrageously.Frăn’tie-ly, adv. p. 541Frantically. Shak.Frān’tic-ness, n. p. 541The condition or quality of being frantic; madness; distraction.Frăn'zy, n. p. 541Frenzy. [Obs.] John Taylor, 1630.Frăp, v. t. p. 541(Naut.) To draw together, with a view to secure and strengthen, often by a rope going around; to undergird; as, to frap a tackle, sail, or vessel. Totten.Frāpe, n. p. 541A crowd; a rabble. [Obs.] Nares.Frăp'ler, n. p. 541A blusterer; a rowdy. [Obs.] “Impolished, a frapler, and base.” B. Jonson.Fra-tẽr'nal, a. p. 541Pertaining to brethren; becoming brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace. “Fraternal love and friendship.” Addison. A war fit for Cain to be the leader of— An abhorred, a…Fra-tẽr'nal-ly, adv. p. 541In a fraternal manner.Fra-tēr'nāte, v. i. p. 541To fraternize. [Rare.]Frā'ter-nā'tion or Frā'ter-nism, n. p. 541Fraternization. [Rare.]Fra-tēr'ni-ty, n. p. 541The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood. 2. A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; a community of…Frā’ter-nī-zā’tion, n. p. 541The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers. Burke.Frā'ter-nīze or Fra-tēr'nīze, v. i. p. 541To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings. Carlyle.Frā'ter-nīz'er, n. p. 541One who fraternizes. Burke.Frā'trage, n. p. 541(Law.) A sharing among brothers, or brothers' kin. [Obs.]Frāt'ri-çi'dal, a. p. 541Pertaining to, or involving, fratricide.Frāt'ri-çīde, n. p. 541The crime of murdering a brother. 2. One who murders or kills a brother.Fraud, n. p. 541Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick. If success…Fraud'ful, a. p. 541Full of fraud, deceit, or treachery; treacherous; trickish; — applied to persons or things. Servants are false, fraudful, foul. I. Taylor.Fraud'ful-ly, adv. p. 541In a fraudful manner; with intention to deceive and gain an undue advantage; trickishly; treacherously.Fraud'less, a. p. 541Free from fraud.Fraud'less-ly, adv. p. 541In a fraudless manner.Fraud'less-ness, n. p. 541State of being fraudless.Fraud'ū-lence or Fraud'ū-len-cy, n. p. 541The quality of being fraudulent; deceitfulness; trickishness. Hooker.Fraud'ū-lent, a. p. 541Using fraud in making contracts; trickish. 2. Containing, founded on, or proceeding from, fraud; as, a fraudulent bargain. 3. Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest. Milton. Syn.…Fraud'ū-lent-ly, adv. p. 541In a fraudulent manner; by deceit; by artifice or imposition.Fraught, a. p. 541Freighted; laden; loaded; charged. “A vessel . . . richly fraught.” Shak. 2. Filled; stored; charged. A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences of speech. South. Enterprises fraught…Fraught, n. p. 541A freight; a cargo. [Obs.] As the bark that hath discharged her fraught. Shak.Fraught, v. t. p. 541To load; to fill; to crowd. [Obs.] Upon the tumbling billows fraughted ride The armed ships. Fairfax.Fraught'aġe, n. p. 541Loading; cargo. [Obs.] Shak.Frăx'i-nĭne, n. p. 541(Chem.) A bitter principle obtained from the bark of the Fraxinus excelsior.Frăx'i-nŭs, n. p. 541(Bot.) A genus of plants, of several species, including the common ash-tree.Frāy, n. p. 541Affray; broil; contest; combat. Who began this bloody fray? Shak. Foes disabled in the brutal fray. Byron. 2. [See infra, FRAY, v. t., to rub.] A fret or chafe in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.Frāy, v. t. p. 541To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. I. Taylor. What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed? Spenser. She comes again, like ring-dove frayed and fled. Keats.Frāy, v. t. p. 541To bear the expense of; to defray. [Obs.] The charge of my most curious and costly ingredients frayed, I shall acknowledge myself amply satisfied. Massinger.Frāy, v. t. p. 541To rub; to wear, or wear off, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head.Frāy, v. i. p. 541To rub. We can show the marks he made When ’gainst the oak his antlers frayed. W. Scott. 2. To wear out easily by rubbing; to wear off the threads of the warp or of the woof so that the cross threads…Frāy'ing, n. p. 541The peel which a deer frays from his horn. B. Jonson.Frēak, n. p. 541A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim or fancy; a capricious prank. She is restless and peevish, and sometimes in a freak will instantly change her habitation. Spectator. Brisk youth…Frēak, v. t. p. 541To variegate; to checker. “Freaked with many a mingled hue.” Thomson.Frēak'ing, a. p. 541Freakish. [Obs.] Pepys.Frēak'ish, a. p. 541Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious. It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the more freakish of the two. L'Estrange.Frēak'ish-ly, adv. p. 541In a freakish manner; capriciously.Frēak'ish-ness, n. p. 541The quality of being freakish; capriciousness; whimsicalness.Freck'le, n. p. 541A spot, of a yellowish color, in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, and hands. 2. Any small spot or discoloration. Evelyn.Frĕck'le, v. t. p. 541To cover with freckles or small discolored spots; to spot. The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover. Shak.Frĕck'le, v. i. p. 541To become covered with freckles; to be spotted.Frĕck'led-ness, n. p. 541The state of being freckled.Frĕck'ly, a. p. 541Full of freckles; sprinkled with spots.Frèd, n. p. 541Peace;—a word used in composition, especially in proper names; as, Alfred, Frederic.