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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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Frŏg'-hŏp/per, n. p. 545(Entom.) A small insect of the genus Aphrophora (A. spumaria), living on plants, and remarkable for its powers of leaping;—called also froth-worm. Its larvae are found inclosed in a frothy liquid…Froise, n. p. 545The same as FRAISE, q. v.Fröl'ic, a. p. 545Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; gay; merry. The frolic wind that breathes the spring. Milton. The gay, the frolic, and the loud. Waller.Frŏl'ic, n. p. 545A wild prank; a flight of levity, or gayety and mirth. He would be at his frolic once again. Roscommon. 2. A scene of gayety and mirth, as in dancing or play; a merry-making.Frŏl'ic, v. i. p. 545To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to sport. The buzzing insects frolic in the air. Anon.Frŏl'ie-ful, a. p. 545Frolicsome. [Rare.]Frŏl'ie-ly, adv. p. 545In a frolicsome manner; with mirth and gayety. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Fröl'ie-sōme, a. p. 545Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive. Old England, who takes a frolicsome brain-fever once every two or three years, for the benefit of her doctors. W. Scott.Fröl'ic-sôme-ly, adv. p. 545In a frolicsome manner; with wild gayety.Frŏl'ic-sōme-ness, n. p. 545The quality of being frolicsome; gayety; wildness.Frōm, prep. p. 545Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of;—used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence…Frōm'ward, adv. p. 546Away from; the contrary of toward. [Obs.] “Toward or fromward the zenith.” Cheyne.Frōnd, n. p. 546(Bot.) The organ formed by the combination or union into one body of stalks and leaves in certain plants, as the ferns, whose stalk and leaves are so intimately connected, that it is difficult to say…Fron-dā'tion, n. p. 546The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches. Evelyn.Frōnde, n. p. 546(Hist.) A political party in France, during the minority of Louis XIV., who were opposed to the government, and made war upon the court party.Frŏn'dent, a. p. 546Covered with leaves. [Rare.] “Tree still frondent.” Owen.Fron-dĕs'çe, v. i. p. 546To unfold leaves, as plants. Staughton.Fron-dĕs'cence, n. p. 546(Bot.) (a.) The time at which each species of plants unfolds its leaves. (b.) The act of bursting into leaf. Milne. Martyn.Fron-dif'er-oûs, a. p. 546Producing fronds. Blount.Fron-dōse’, a. p. 546(Bot.) (a.) Frond-bearing; resembling a frond. (b.) Leafy. Gray.Frōnd’ōus, a. p. 546(Bot.) Producing leaves and flowers in one organ; producing branches charged with both leaves and flowers; as, a frondous plant. Milne.Frōns, n. p. 546(Anat.) The part of the cranium between the orbits and vertex.Frōnt, n. p. 546The forehead or brow; the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face. His front yet threatens, and his frowns command. Prior. 2. The forehead, brow, or countenance, as…Frȯnt, v. t. p. 546To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet. I shall front thee, like some staring ghost. Dryden. Enid ... daily fronted him In some fresh splendor. Tennyson. 2. To stand opposed or opposite…Frȯnt, v. i. p. 546To stand foremost. Shak. 2. To have the face or front toward any point of compass; as, front to the right.Frȯnt, a. p. 546Of, or relating to, the forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, the front door of a house; front view.Frȯnt'aġe, n. p. 546The front part of an edifice or lot.Frŏnt'al, a. p. 546Belonging to the forehead or front part.Frŏnt'al, n. p. 546A front piece; something worn on the forehead or face, as an ornamental band for the hair, or the metal face-guard of a soldier. Fairholt. 2. (Arch.) (a.) A little pediment or front-piece over a…Frŏn'tā-ted, a. p. 546Growing broader and broader, as a leaf. Quincy.Frȯnt'ed, a. p. 546Formed with a front. “Fronted brigades.” Milton.Frŏnt'iēr, n. p. 546That part of a country which fronts or faces another country; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; hence, a fortified or guarded position.…Frŏnt'iēr, a. p. 546Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town. 2. Acquired on a frontier. “Frontier experience.” W. Irving.Frŏn'tiēr, v. i. p. 546To constitute or form a frontier. Sir Wm. Temple.Frŏnt'iēred, a. p. 546Guarded on the frontiers.Frŏn'ti-gnăc', n. p. 546A species of French wine.Frȯnt'ing-ly, adv. p. 546In a fronting or facing position; opposingly.Frŏn'tin-iăc', n. p. 546The same as FRONTIGNAC.Frȯnt'is-piēçe, n. p. 546That which presents itself to the front view; as, (a.) (Arch.) The principal face or front of a building. (b.) An ornamental figure or engraving fronting the first page of a book, or at the beginning.Frȯnt'less, a. p. 546Without face or front; shameless; impudent. “Frontless vice.” Dryden. “Frontless flattery.” Pope.Frȯnt'less-ly, adv. p. 546In a frontless manner; shamelessly; impudently. The worse depraving the better; and that so frontlessly, that shame and justice should fly the earth for them. Chapman.Frȯnt'let, n. p. 546A frontal or brow-band; a fillet or band worn on the forehead; hence, a frowning brow. What makes that frontlet on? Methinks you are too much i' the frown. Shak. 2. (Ornith.) The margin of the head…Frŏn'ton, n. p. 546(Arch.) An ornament over a door; a pediment. Gwilt.Frŏp'pish, a. p. 546Peevish; froward. [Obs.] Clarendon.Frōre, a. p. 546Frozen; frosty. The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire. Milton.Frōrn, a. p. 546Frozen. [Obs.] Well nigh frorn I feel. Spenser.Frō'ry, a. p. 546Frozen. Spenser. 2. Covered with a froth resembling hoar-frost. The foaming steed with frory bit to steer. Fairfax.Frŏst, n. p. 546The act of freezing; — applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids. 2. That state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold…Frōst, v. t. p. 546To cover with any thing resembling hoar-frost, as cake with powdered white sugar. While with a hoary light she frosts the ground. Wordsworth.Fröst'-beâr'er, n. p. 546A philosophical instrument illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a cryophorus. See CRYOPHORUS.Fröst'-bite, n. p. 546The freezing of some part of the body by exposure to intense cold. Kane.Fröst'-bite, v. t. p. 546To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty atmosphere. [Obs.] My wife up and with Mrs. Pen to walk in the fields to frost-bite themselves. Pegg's.Frōst'-bĭt/ten, p. a. p. 546Nipped, withered, or affected by frost.Frŏst'-blīte, n. p. 546(Bot.) A plant of the genus Atriplex; orache. A. hortensis is the garden orache. Gray.Frŏst'-fish, n. p. 546(Ichth.) A small fish of the genus Morrhua (M. pruinosa), also called tom-cod. It is abundant on the coast of the United States soon after frost commences;—hence the name. Storer.Frŏst'i-ly, adv. p. 546With frost or excessive cold. 2. Without warmth of affection; coldly.Frōst'i-ness, n. p. 546The state or quality of being frosty; freezing cold.Frŏst'ing, n. p. 546The composition, resembling hoar-frost, used to cover cake, &c.Frŏst'less, a. p. 546Free from frost; as, a frostless winter. Swift.Frōst'-mīst, n. p. 546A mist arising from the congelation of the vapor in the atmosphere. W. Scott.