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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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Frés'cāde, n. p. 543A cool walk; shady place. [Rare.] Maunder.Frés'co, n. p. 543A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. Prior. 2. A method of painting on walls, performed with mineral and earthy pigments on a freshly laid stucco-ground of lime or gypsum.…Frĕs'co, v. t. p. 543To paint in fresco, as walls.Frĕsh, a. p. 543Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound; not faded; untried; recent; as, fresh flowers, fields, strength, pleasure, complexion, recollections. “The fresh beauty.”…Frĕsh, n. p. 543A pool or spring of fresh water. I'll not show him where the quick freshes are. Shak. 2. A flood; an overflowing; an inundation; a freshet. 3. The mingling of fresh water with salt water in rivers or…Frĕsh, v. t. p. 543To refresh; to freshen. [Obs.] Chaucer.Frĕsh'en, v. t. p. 543To make fresh; to separate, as water from saline particles; to take saltness from any thing; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh. 2. To refresh; to revive. [Obs.] Spenser. 3. (Naut.) To relieve, as…Frĕsh'en, v. i. p. 543To grow fresh; to lose salt or saltness. 2. To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.Frĕsh'et, n. p. 543A flood or overflowing of a river by means of heavy rains or melted snow; an inundation. [U. S.] 2. A stream of fresh water. [Obs.] Browne.Frĕsh'-fōrce, n. p. 543(Law.) Force done within forty days.Frĕsh'ly, adv. p. 543In a fresh manner; newly; as, a room freshly painted; with a healthy look; ruddily; briskly; coolly; as, the wind begins to blow freshly. He looks as freshly as he did. Shak.Frĕsh'man, n. p. 543A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his first year's residence at a college or university. Freshman class, the youngest of the four classes in an American…Frĕsh'man-shĭp, n. p. 543The state of a freshman.Frĕsh'ment, n. p. 543Refreshment. [Obs.] Cartwright.Frĕsh'ness, n. p. 543The state of being fresh, recent, unimpaired, lately produced, not salted, or the like; newness; perfectness; vigor; briskness. The Scots had the advantage both for number and freshness of men.…Frĕsh'-new, a. p. 543Unpracticed. [Obs.] Shak.Frĕsh'-wạ/ter, a. p. 543Of, or pertaining to, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits. Dana. 2. Accustomed to sail on fresh water only, or in the coasting trade; hence, unskilled; raw; as, a fresh-water sailor.…Frèt, v. t. p. 543[Prov. Fr. fretter, Fr. frotter, Pr. frétar, It. frettare, from Lat. fricare, frictum, to rub; A-S. fretan, to eat, to gnaw, Sw. frata, D. vreten, M. H. Ger. vrezzen, O. H. Ger. frezzan, frezan, N.…Frēt, v. i. p. 543To be worn away; to be corroded; to chafe; to make way by attrition or corrosion. Many wheels arose, and fretted one into another with great excoriation. Wiseman. 2. To be agitated; to be in violent…Frèt, n. p. 543The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water; small undulations continually repeated. Addison. 2. Agitation of mind; commotion of temper…Frĕt, v. t. p. 543To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.Frêt, n. p. 543A frith. See FRITH.Frĕt'ful, a. p. 543Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper. Syn.—Peevish; ill-humored; ill-natured; irritable; waspish; captious; petulant; splenetic; spleeny…Frĕt'ful-ly, adv. p. 543In a fretful manner; peevishly; angrily.Frĕt'ful-ness, n. p. 543The state of being fretful; peevishness; ill-humor.Frĕtt, n. p. 543(Mining.) The worn side of the bank of a river. See FRET, 7.Frêt'ted, p. a. p. 543Rubbed or worn away; agitated; vexed; made rough on the surface; variegated; ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets. 2. (Her.) Interlaced one with another;—said of charges and ordinaries.Frĕt'ten, a. p. 543Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox.Frêt'ter, n. p. 543One who, or that which, frets.Frêt'ty, a. p. 543Adorned with fretwork. A Chevron fretted with a Barrulet. Johnson.Frē'tum, n. p. 543A strait, or arm of the sea. Ray.Frêt'work, n. p. 543Work adorned with frets.Fri'a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 543The quality of being friable; friableness.Frĭ'a-ble, a. p. 543Easily crumbled or pulverized; easily reduced to powder. “Friable ground.” Evelyn. “Soft and friable texture.” Paley.Frî'a-ble-ness, n. p. 543The state or quality of being friable; friability.Frî'ar, n. p. 543(Rom. Cath. Church.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz.: (a.) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b.) Augustines. (c.) Dominicans…Frī'ar-ly, a. p. 543Like a friar; untaught in the affairs of life. Bacon.Frî'ar's-bâl'sam, n. p. 543A stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes. Brande.Frî'ar's-cowl, n. p. 543(Bot.) A plant of the genus Arum (A. arisarum), with a flower resembling a cowl.Fri'ar's-lăn/tern, n. p. 543The ignis fatuus, or will-o'-the-wisp. Milton.Frĭ'a-ry, n. p. 543A monastery; a convent of friars. Dugdale. 2. The institution or practices of friars; monkery. Fuller.Frī'a-ry, a. p. 543Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent.Fri-ā'tion, n. p. 543The act of breaking up or pulverizing.Frĭb'ble, a. p. 543Frivolous; trifling; silly.Frĭb'ble, n. p. 543A frivolous, trifling, contemptible fellow; a coxcomb; a beau or fop.Frîb'ble, v. i. p. 543To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act frivolously. The fools that are fribbling round about you. Thackeray. 2. To totter. [Obs.] Totter.Frîb'bler, n. p. 543A trifler; a fribble. [Obs.] Spectator.Frib'bling, a. p. 544Frivolous; trifling; foolishly captious. [Prov. Eng.]Fri’borg or Fri’burgh, n. p. 544The same as FRANK-PLEDGE, q. v. [Written also fribourg.] Cowell.Fric'ase, n. p. 544Meat sliced and dressed with strong sauce. 2. An unguent prepared by frying things together. B. Jonson.Frĭc'an-dean' or Frĭc'an-dō', n. p. 544A ragout or fricassee of veal. Cooley.Fri'cas-see', n. p. 544A dish made of fowls or small animals cut into pieces, and dressed or fried. King.Fri'cas-see', v. i. p. 544To dress in fricassee.Fri-cā'tion, n. p. 544The act of rubbing; friction. [Obs.] Bacon.Frĭc'a-tive, a. p. 544(Pron.) 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…Friē'a-trĭce, n. p. 544A lewd woman; a harlot. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Friēk'le, n. p. 544A bushel basket. Simmonds.Frie'tion, n. p. 544The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; abrasion. 2. (Mach.) The effect of rubbing, or the resistance which a moving body meets with from the surface on which…Fric'tion-al, a. p. 544Relating to friction; moved by friction; produced by friction; as, frictional electricity. Nichol. Frictional gearing, wheels which transmit motion by surface friction instead of teeth. The faces are…Fri'day, n. p. 544The sixth day of the week, following Thursday and preceding Saturday.