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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Frŏst'-nāiled, a.p. 546Guarded by frost-nails against slipping. J. Webster.
  2. 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…
  3. 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…
  4. Frŏst'-work, n.p. 546Work resembling hoar-frost on shrubs. Blackmore.
  5. Frŏst'-wort, n.p. 546(Bot.) See FROST-WEED.
  6. 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…
  7. Frōte, v. t.p. 546To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  8. Frö'ter-er, n.p. 546One who frotes, one who rubs or chafes. [Obs.] Marston.
  9. 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.
  10. Frŏth, v. t.p. 546To cause to foam. Beau. & Fl. 2. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain. Southey.
  11. Frōth, v. i.p. 546To throw up spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as, beer froths; a horse froths at the mouth.
  12. Fröth'i-ly, adv.p. 546In a frothy manner; with foam or spume; emptily.
  13. Fröth'i-ness, n.p. 546The state of being frothy; emptiness; senseless matter.
  14. Fröth’less, a.p. 546Free from froth.
  15. Fröth'-spit, n.p. 546A kind of white froth on the leaves of plants; cuckoo-spit; wood-sore.
  16. Frōth'-worm, n.p. 546(Entom.) Same as FROG-HOPPER, q. v.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. Frounce, v. i.p. 547To form wrinkles in the forehead; to frown. [Obs.] The Commons frounced and stormed. Holland.
  20. 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.…
  21. Frounce'less, a.p. 547Having no frounce; not wrinkled. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  22. Frou'zy, a.p. 547Fetid; musty; rank; dim; cloudy. Swift.
  23. 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.
  24. Frow, n.p. 547An instrument for splitting cask-staves.
  25. Frow, a.p. 547Brittle. [Obs.] Evelyn.
  26. 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…
  27. Frō'ward-ly, adv.p. 547In a froward manner; perversely.
  28. Frō'ward-ness, n.p. 547The condition or quality of being froward; reluctance to yield; disobedience; peevishness. South.
  29. Frōw'er, n.p. 547A sharp-edged tool to cleave laths or staves; a frow. Tusser.
  30. Frow'ey, a.p. 547(Carp.) Working smoothly, or without tearing and splitting;—said of wood or timber.
  31. 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…
  32. Frown, v. t.p. 547To repress or repel by expressing displeasure; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.
  33. 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…
  34. Frown'ing-ly, adv.p. 547In a frowning manner; sternly; with a look of displeasure.
  35. Frown'y, a.p. 547Frowning; scowling. [Obs.] “Her frowny mother's ragged shoulder.” Sir F. Palgrave.
  36. Frow'y, a.p. 547Musty; rancid; rank; ill-scented; as, frowy butter. Forby.
  37. Frow'zy, a.p. 547The same as FROUZY. 2. Rough and tangled. “With head all frowzy.” Spenser.
  38. Frōz'en, p. a.p. 547Subject to frost, or to long and severe frost; chilly; as, the frozen regions of the north.
  39. Frōz'en-ness, n.p. 547A state of being frozen.
  40. Frūb'ish, v. t.p. 547To rub up; to furbish. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
  41. Frūct'ed, a.p. 547(Her.) Bearing fruit;—said of a tree or plant so represented upon an escutcheon.
  42. Fruc-te'scence, n.p. 547(Bot.) The time when the fruit of a plant arrives at maturity, and its seeds are dispersed; the fruiting season. Milne. Martyn.
  43. Frue-tĭe'ū-lōse, a.p. 547Producing much fruit; full of fruit. Hooker.
  44. Frūc'tī-dōr', n.p. 547The twelfth month of the French republican calendar, dating from September 22, 1792. It commenced August 18, and ended September 16. See VENDEMIAIRE.
  45. Fruc-tif'er-oŭs, a.p. 547Bearing or producing fruit. Ainsworth.
  46. Frŭc'ti-fi-cā'tion, n.p. 547The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation. “The prevalent fructification of plants.” Browne. 2. (Bot.) (a.) All those parts of a…
  47. Frŭc'ti-fȳ, v. t.p. 547To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth. Howell.
  48. Frŭc'ti-fȳ, v. i.p. 547To bear fruit. “Causeth the earth to fructify.” Beveridge.
  49. Fruc-tōse', n.p. 547(Chem.) A kind of sugar occurring, already formed, in honey and some fruits. It is a sirup-like liquid, incapable of crystallization, and changed to grape sugar by the action of dilute acids.
  50. Frūct'ū-a-ry, n.p. 547One who has the use of the profits or increase of any thing. Kings are not proprietors nor fructuaries. Prynne.
  51. Frūc'tū-ā'tion, n.p. 547Produce; fruit. [Obs.] Pownall.
  52. Frūct'ū-ōus, a.p. 547Fruitful; fertile; also, impregnating with fertility. [Obs.] “Nothing fructuous or profitable.” Chaucer.
  53. Frūc'tu-ous-ly, adv.p. 547Fruitfully; fertilely. [Obs.]
  54. Frūct'ū-oüs-ness, n.p. 547Fruitfulness; fertility. [Obs.]
  55. Frūc'tūre, n.p. 547Use; fruition; enjoyment. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
  56. Frū'gal, a.p. 547Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; saving unnecessary expense, or any thing else which is to be used or consumed; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, and the…
  57. Fru-găl'i-ty, n.p. 547The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; good husbandry or housewifery; that careful management of any thing valuable which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a…
  58. Fru'gal-ly, adv.p. 547With economy; with good management; in a saving manner; as, he seldom lives frugally that lives by chance.
  59. Frū'gal-ness, n.p. 547Quality of being frugal; frugality.
  60. Frü'gar-dite, n.p. 547(Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of the silicates of alumina, iron, and lime, with a very small quantity of the silicate of magnesia; a variety of idocrase;—so called from Frugard, in Finland…