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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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Free'-heârt'ed, a. p. 542Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous. “Free-hearted mirth.” F. W. Robertson.Free'-heârt'ed-ly, adv. p. 542Unreservedly; liberally.Free'-heârt'ed-ness, n. p. 542Frankness; openness of heart; liberality. Burnet.Free'hōld, n. p. 542(Law.) An estate in real property, of inheritance or for life, or the tenure by which it is held. Kent. Burrill.Free'-hōld-er, n. p. 542(Law.) One who owns an estate in fee-simple, fee-tail, or for life; the possessor of a freehold.Free'-liv'er, n. p. 542One who gratifies his appetite without stint; one given to indulgence in eating and drinking.Free'-liv'ing, n. p. 542Full gratification of the appetite.Free'ly, adv. p. 542In a free manner; without restraint, constraint, or compulsion; in abundance; without scruple or reserve; without obstruction; gratuitously. Of every tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat. Gen.…Free'man, n. p. 542One who enjoys liberty, or who is not subject to the will of another; one not a slave or vassal. 2. One who enjoys or is entitled to a franchise or peculiar privilege; as, the freemen of a city or…Free'-mār'tin, n. p. 542A cow-calf twin-born with a bull-calf. It generally proves to be barren.Free'mā/son, n. p. 542One of an ancient and secret association or fraternity, said to have been at first composed of masons or builders in stone, but now consisting of persons who are united for social enjoyment and…Free'-mā'son-ry, n. p. 542The institutions or the practices of freemasons.Free'-mind'ed, a. p. 542Not perplexed; having a mind free from care. Bacon.Free'ness, n. p. 542The state or quality of being free; freedom; liberty; openness; liberality; gratuitousness.Free'-päss, n. p. 542A permission to pass free.Free'-soil, a. p. 542Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery; as, the Free-soil party. [U. S.]Free'-soil'er, n. p. 542One who holds to the non-extension of slavery. [U. S.]Free'-soil'ism, n. p. 542The principle of the non-extension of slavery. [U. S.]Free'-spōk'en, a. p. 542Accustomed to speak without reserve. Bacon.Free′stōne, n. p. 542A stone composed of sand or grit; — so called because it is easily cut or wrought.Free'-stōne, a. p. 542Having the stone free, or not closely adhering to the flesh; as, a freestone peach.Free'-stŭff, n. p. 542Timber free from knots. Weale.Free'think'er, n. p. 542One who discards revelation; an unbeliever. Atheist is an old-fashioned word: I'm a freethinker, child. Addison. Syn.—Infidel; skeptic. See INFIDEL.Free'-think'ing, n. p. 542Undue boldness of speculation; unbelief. Berkeley.Free'-think'ing, a. p. 542Exhibiting undue boldness of speculation; skeptical.Free'-tŏngued, a. p. 542Speaking without reserve. Bp. Hall.Free'-vint'ner, n. p. 542A member of the Vintners' Company; one who can sell wine without a license.Free'-war'ren, n. p. 542(Eng. Law.) A royal franchise or exclusive right of killing beasts and fowls of warren within certain limits. Bouvier.Free-will', n. p. 542A will free from improper coercion or restraint. To come thus was I not constrained, but did it Of my free-will. Shak. 2. The power asserted of moral beings of choosing or willing without the…Free'-will, a. p. 542Spontaneous; as, a free-will offering.Freeze, v. i. p. 542To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be hardened into ice or a like solid body. Water freezes at the temperature of 32° above zero…Freeze, v. t. p. 542To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat. 2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold and…Freeze, n. p. 542The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed or completely chilled. [Colloq.] 2. (Arch.) A frieze. See FRIEZE.Freez'ing-mixt'ure, n. p. 542A mixture, as of salt and snow, or of chemical salts, for producing intense cold.Freez'ing-point, n. p. 542That degree of a thermometer at which a fluid begins to freeze;—applied particularly to water, whose freezing-point is at 32° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, and zero on the Centigrade.Freight, n. p. 542That with which any thing is fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship; also of a car on a railway, or the like; as, a freight of cotton; a full freight; freight will…Freight, v. t. p. 542To load with goods, as a ship, or vehicle of any kind, for transporting them from one place to another; as, to freight a ship; to freight a car. 2. To load or burden. Shak.Freight'age, n. p. 542Charge for transportation; expense of carriage. 2. Freight; cargo; lading. Broader likewise they were made, for the better transporting of horses, and all other freightage, being intended chiefly to…Freight'-cair, n. p. 542A railway car for the transportation of merchandise;—called in England a goods-wagon. [U. S.]Freight'-ĕn'ġine, n. p. 542A locomotive for hauling freight cars, usually made with small driving-wheels to gain leverage, and often with six or eight driving-wheels, to gain adhesion;—called in England goods-engine. [U. S.]Freight'er, n. p. 542One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship. 2. One whose business it is to receive and forward freight. 3. One for whom freight is transported, as in a ship or on a railway.Freight'less, a. p. 542Destitute of freight.Freight'-trāin, n. p. 542A railway train of freight-cars or goods-wagons;—called in England goods-train. [U. S.]Frēn, n. p. 542A stranger. [Obs.] Spenser.Frēnch or French leave, a. p. 542(Geog.) Pertaining to France or its inhabitants. French leave, an informal departure.Frĕnch, n. p. 542The language spoken by the people of France; collectively, the people of France.Frĕnch'-bĕr'ry, n. p. 542(Bot.) The berry of the Rhamnus catharticus, a species of buckthorn, which affords a green or purple pigment. Loudon.Frĕnch'-chalk, n. p. 542(Min.) A variety of indurated talc, composed of small scales, and of a pearly-white or grayish color. It is much used for drawing lines on cloth, and other similar purposes.Frĕnch-hŏn'ey-sŭck/le, n. p. 542(Bot.) A plant of the genus Hedysarum (H. coronatum);—called also garland-honeysuckle.Frĕnch'-hŏrn, n. p. 542(Mus.) A wind-instrument of metal, consisting of a long tube, twisted into several circular folds, and gradually increasing in diameter from the end at which it is blown to that at which the sound…French'i-fy, v. t. p. 542To make French; to infect with the manner of the French; to Gallicize. Burke.Frēnch'man, n. p. 542A native or naturalized inhabitant of France.Frēnch'-pīe, n. p. 542(Ornith.) A species of woodpecker (Picus major), having a variety of local names. Eng. Cyc.Frĕnch'-pŏl'ish, n. p. 542A varnish for furniture, invented in France, giving a brilliancy superior to that of any other polish, with less liability to injury. It is composed of shell-lac, gum-copal, and gum-arabic, dissolved…Frĕnch'-roōf, n. p. 543A kind of roof with curved sides, and flat, or nearly so, at the top. See ROOF.Frĕnch'-white, n. p. 543Pulverized talc. Hoblyn.Fre-nĕt'ic or Fre-nĕt'ic-al, a. p. 543Distracted; mad; raving; frantic; frenzied; phrenetic.Frĕn'zi-cal, a. p. 543Partaking of frenzy; frenzied; frantic. Orrery.Frén'zied-ly, adv. p. 543Madly; distractedly.Frén'zy, n. p. 543Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and irrational excitement; madness; rage. All else is towering frenzy and distraction. Addison. Syn.—Insanity; lunacy; madness…