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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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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.Frŏst'-nāil, n. p. 546A nail driven into a horse-shoe, to prevent the horse from slipping on ice.Frŏst'-nāiled, a. p. 546Guarded by frost-nails against slipping. J. Webster.Frŏst'-smōke, n. p. 546An appearance resembling smoke, caused by the congelation of the vapor in the atmosphere in a time of severe cold. The brig and the ice round her are covered by a strange black obscurity: it is the…Fröst'-weed, n. p. 546(Bot.) A plant of the genus Helianthum (H. Canadense), sometimes used in medicine as an astringent or aromatic tonic;— so called because, late in autumn, crystals of ice shoot from the cracked bark…Frŏst'-work, n. p. 546Work resembling hoar-frost on shrubs. Blackmore.Frŏst'-wort, n. p. 546(Bot.) See FROST-WEED.Frŏst'y, a. p. 546Attended with, or producing, frost; having power to congeal water; as, a frosty night; frosty weather. 2. Containing frost; as, the grass is frosty. 3. Chill in affection; without warmth of affection…Frōte, v. t. p. 546To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Frö'ter-er, n. p. 546One who frotes, one who rubs or chafes. [Obs.] Marston.Frŏth, n. p. 546The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam. 2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence. Johnson. 3. Light, unsubstantial matter. Tusser.Frŏth, v. t. p. 546To cause to foam. Beau. & Fl. 2. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain. Southey.Frōth, v. i. p. 546To throw up spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as, beer froths; a horse froths at the mouth.Fröth'i-ly, adv. p. 546In a frothy manner; with foam or spume; emptily.Fröth'i-ness, n. p. 546The state of being frothy; emptiness; senseless matter.Fröth’less, a. p. 546Free from froth.Fröth'-spit, n. p. 546A kind of white froth on the leaves of plants; cuckoo-spit; wood-sore.Frōth'-worm, n. p. 546(Entom.) Same as FROG-HOPPER, q. v.Fröth'y, a. p. 546Full of foam or froth, or consisting of froth or light bubbles; spumous; foamy. 2. Not firm or solid; soft. Bacon. 3. Vain; light; empty; unsubstantial; as, a frothy speaker or harangue. Tillotson.Frounce, v. t. p. 547To gather into plaits; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle the hair about the face. Not tricked and frounced as she was wont. Milton.Frounce, v. i. p. 547To form wrinkles in the forehead; to frown. [Obs.] The Commons frounced and stormed. Holland.Frounce, n. p. 547A wrinkle, plait, or curl; an ornament of dress. Beau. & Fl. 2. A mass of pimples in the palate of a horse; also, a similar affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill.…Frounce'less, a. p. 547Having no frounce; not wrinkled. [Obs.] Chaucer.Frou'zy, a. p. 547Fetid; musty; rank; dim; cloudy. Swift.Frow, n. p. 547A woman; especially, a Dutch or German woman. Beau. & Fl. 2. A dirty woman; a slattern; a lusty woman. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Frow, n. p. 547An instrument for splitting cask-staves.Frow, a. p. 547Brittle. [Obs.] Evelyn.Frō'ward, a. p. 547Not willing to yield or comply with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child. Two of them froward seemed to be. Spenser. SYN.—Perverse; untoward…Frō'ward-ly, adv. p. 547In a froward manner; perversely.Frō'ward-ness, n. p. 547The condition or quality of being froward; reluctance to yield; disobedience; peevishness. South.Frōw'er, n. p. 547A sharp-edged tool to cleave laths or staves; a frow. Tusser.Frow'ey, a. p. 547(Carp.) Working smoothly, or without tearing and splitting;—said of wood or timber.Frown, v. i. p. 547To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look. “The frowning wrinkles of her brow.” Shak. 2. To manifest displeasure or disapprobation…Frown, v. t. p. 547To repress or repel by expressing displeasure; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.Frown, n. p. 547A wrinkling of the brow in displeasure, rebuke, sternness, &c.; a sour, severe, or stern look; a scowl. His front yet threatens, and his frowns command. Prior. 2. Any expression of displeasure; as…Frown'ing-ly, adv. p. 547In a frowning manner; sternly; with a look of displeasure.Frown'y, a. p. 547Frowning; scowling. [Obs.] “Her frowny mother's ragged shoulder.” Sir F. Palgrave.