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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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Frièzed, a. p. 544Napped; shaggy with nap or frieze.Frīz'er, n. p. 544One who, or that which, friezes or frizzes.Frig'ate, n. p. 544(Naut.) A kind of vessel originally used in the Mediterranean, and propelled both by sails and by oars; in modern naval usage, a ship of war, of a size larger than a corvette or sloop of war, and…Frig'ate-bird, n. p. 544(Ornith.) A large and rapacious tropical sea-fowl of the genus Tachypetes (T. aquila), with very long wings, allied to the pelican.Frig'ate-built, a. p. 544(Naut.) Built like a frig- ate in having aFrig'a-tōon', n. p. 544(Naut.) A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, without a foremast, having only a main-mast and mizzen-mast.Frĭg'e-făc'tion, n. p. 544The act of making cold. [Obs.] Bailey.Frig'e-făc'tive, a. p. 544Tending or serving to make cold; cooling. [Obs.] Boyle.Frĭg'er-âte, v. t. p. 544To make cool; to refrigerate. [Obs.] Blount.Frig'er-a-to-ry, n. p. 544A place for cooling; a refrigerator. [Rare.] Scott.Fright, n. p. 544A passion excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear; terror; alarm. Syn.—Alarm; terror; consternation; fear. See ALARM.Fright, v. t. p. 544To alarm suddenly with danger; to shock suddenly with the approach of evil. Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit. Dryden. I think the company are likely to fright them thence. W. Scott.…Fright'en, v. t. p. 544To disturb with fear; to fright; to affright.Fright'ful, a. p. 544Full of fright or terror; alarmed. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; as, a frightful chasm or…Fright'ful-ly, adv. p. 544In a manner to impress terror and alarm; horribly; terribly; dreadfully. 2. Very disagreeably; shockingly. Swift.Fright'ful-ness, n. p. 544The quality of being frightful, or of impressing terror.Fright'less, a. p. 544Free from fright.Fright'ment, n. p. 544The state of being frightened; terror. [Obs.] All these frightments are but idle dreams. J. Webster.Frĭg'id, a. p. 544Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate. 2. Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, and the like; unfeeling; forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated; stiff and…Frigid zone p. 545that part of the earth which lies between each polar circle and the pole. It extends about 23° 28′ from each pole.Frī-ǧīd'ĭ-ty, n. p. 545The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth. Ice is water concealed by the frigidity of the air. Browne. 2. Want of warmth, ardor, vivacity, virility, &c.; coldness of…Frĭg'id-ly, adv. p. 545Coldly; dully; without affection.Frĭg'ĭd-ness, n. p. 545The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, affection, and the like; coldness; dullness.Frĭg/o-rĭf'ĭc or Frĭg/o-rĭf'ĭc-al, a. p. 545Causing cold; producing or generating cold. Quincy.Frĭll, n. p. 545An edging of fine linen on the bosom of a shirt or other similar thing: a ruffle. Mason. 2. The ruffling of a hawk’s feathers when shivering or frilling with cold.Frĭll, v. t. p. 545To provide or decorate with frills; to turn back in plaits; as, to frill a cap.Frĭll, v. i. p. 545To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills. Halliwell.Frīm, a. p. 545Flourishing; in good case. [Obs. and rare.] “Frim pastures.” Drayton.Frīmaire, n. p. 545The third month of the French republican calendar, dating from September 22, 1792. It commenced November 21, and ended December 20. See VENDEMAIRE.Frīnge, n. p. 545An ornamental appendage to the borders of garments or furniture, consisting of loose threads. The golden fringe e’en set the ground on flame. Dryden. 2. Something resembling fringe; an open, broken…Fringe, v. t. p. 545To adorn or border with fringe or a loose edging; to decorate or line, as with a fringe. “Precipices fringed with grass.” Bryant.Frīn'ge'less, a. p. 545Having no fringe.Frīnge'-tree, n. p. 545(Bot.) A small tree (Chionanthus Virginica), growing in the Southern United States, and having snow-white flowers, which hang down like fringe.Frīn-ǧĭl'ĭā, n. p. 545(Ornith.) A genus of birds, with short, conical, pointed bills; the finch.Frīn'gĭl-lā'ceous, a. p. 545(Ornith.) Pertaining to birds of the genus Fringilla.Frīn'ǧy, a. p. 545Adorned with fringes. Shak.Frīp'per or Frīp'per-er, n. p. 545One who deals in frippery or in old clothes.Frīp'per-y, n. p. 545[Fr. friperie, from friper. See supra. 1. Old clothes; cast dresses; clothes thrown aside after wearing; hence, second-hand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; pretentious trumpery; useless matter.…Frĭp'per-y, a. p. 545Trifling; contemptible. Gray.Friseur, n. p. 545A hair-dresser.Frĭsk, v. i. p. 545To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in frolic and gayety. The frisking satyrs on the summits danced. Addison. In vain to frisk or climb he tries. Swift.Frĭsk, a. p. 545Lively; brisk; blithe; frisky. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Frĭsk, n. p. 545A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety. Johnson.Frisk'al, n. p. 545A leap or caper. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Frĭsk'er, n. p. 545One who frisks; one who leaps or dances in gayety; a wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person. Camden.Frīsk'et, n. p. 545(Print.) The light frame in which a sheet of paper is confined, before it is laid on the form for impression.Frĭsk'fŭl, a. p. 545Brisk; lively; frolicsome. Thomson.Frisk'ly, adv. p. 545Gayly; briskly.Frisk'i-ness, n. p. 545The state or quality of being frisky; gayety; liveliness; a dancing or leaping in frolic.Frisk'y, a. p. 545Jumping with gayety; frolicsome; gay; lively. He is too frisky for an old man. Jeffrey.Frĭg'let, n. p. 545A kind of small ruffle. Halliwell.Frīst, v. t. p. 545To sell upon time or credit, as goods. [Rare.]Frisure, n. p. 545The dressing of the hair by crisping or curling. Smollett.Frit, n. p. 545(Glass-making.) The material of which glass is made, after it has been calcined or baked in a furnace, but before fusion. It is a composition of silex and alkali, occasionally with other ingredients.…Frit, v. t. p. 545To prepare by exposing to heat, as the materials for the manufacture of glass; to fuse partially. Ure.Frĭth, n. p. 545A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the frith of Forth, or of Clyde. 2. A kind of weir for catching fish. Carver.Frīth, n. p. 545A forest; a woody place. Drayton. 2. A small field taken out of a common. Wynne.Frith'y, a. p. 545Woody. [Obs.] Skelton.Fritillāri-a, n. p. 545(Bot.) A genus of lilaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial (F. imperialis) is one species. De Theis.Frit'i-nan-cy, n. p. 545A chirping, or creaking, as of a cricket. [Obs.] Browne.