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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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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.Frit'ter, n. p. 545A small pancake of fried batter; also, a small piece of meat fried. 2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece. And cut whole giants into fritters. Hudibras.Frĭt'ter, v. t. p. 545To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. 2. To break into small pieces or fragments. Break all their nerves, and fritter all their sense. Pope. To fritter away, to diminish; to pare off; to…Frĭv'o-lĭsm, n. p. 545Frivolity. [Rare.] Priestley.Frī-vŏl'i-ty, n. p. 545The condition or quality of being frivolous; triflingness; insignificance; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition.Frĭv'o-lous, a. p. 545Of little weight, worth, or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument; a frivolous objection or pretext. Swift. 2. Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly. “His…Friv'o-loŭs-ly, adv. p. 545In a trifling manner.Friv'o-loïs-ness, n. p. 545The quality of being frivolous, or of very little worth or importance.Friz, v. t. p. 545To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping-pin; to crisp. 2. To form into little burs, prominences, or knobs, as the nap of cloth.Frīz, n. p. 545That which is frizzed; any thing crisped or curled, as a wig. He [Dr. Johnson], who saw in his glass how his wig became his face and head, might easily infer that a similar full-bottomed, well-curled…Frīze, n. p. 545See FRIEZE.Frizz, v. t. p. 545See Friz.Friz'zle, v. t. p. 545To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz. Gay.Frĭz'zler, n. p. 545One who frizzles.Frĭz'zly or Frĭz'zy, a. p. 545Curled or crisped; as, frizzy hair.