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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. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Frounce, v. i.p. 547To form wrinkles in the forehead; to frown. [Obs.] The Commons frounced and stormed. Holland.
  4. 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.…
  5. Frounce'less, a.p. 547Having no frounce; not wrinkled. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  6. Frou'zy, a.p. 547Fetid; musty; rank; dim; cloudy. Swift.
  7. 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.
  8. Frow, n.p. 547An instrument for splitting cask-staves.
  9. Frow, a.p. 547Brittle. [Obs.] Evelyn.
  10. 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…
  11. Frō'ward-ly, adv.p. 547In a froward manner; perversely.
  12. Frō'ward-ness, n.p. 547The condition or quality of being froward; reluctance to yield; disobedience; peevishness. South.
  13. Frōw'er, n.p. 547A sharp-edged tool to cleave laths or staves; a frow. Tusser.
  14. Frow'ey, a.p. 547(Carp.) Working smoothly, or without tearing and splitting;—said of wood or timber.
  15. 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…
  16. Frown, v. t.p. 547To repress or repel by expressing displeasure; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.
  17. 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…
  18. Frown'ing-ly, adv.p. 547In a frowning manner; sternly; with a look of displeasure.
  19. Frown'y, a.p. 547Frowning; scowling. [Obs.] “Her frowny mother's ragged shoulder.” Sir F. Palgrave.
  20. Frow'y, a.p. 547Musty; rancid; rank; ill-scented; as, frowy butter. Forby.
  21. Frow'zy, a.p. 547The same as FROUZY. 2. Rough and tangled. “With head all frowzy.” Spenser.
  22. Frōz'en, p. a.p. 547Subject to frost, or to long and severe frost; chilly; as, the frozen regions of the north.
  23. Frōz'en-ness, n.p. 547A state of being frozen.
  24. Frūb'ish, v. t.p. 547To rub up; to furbish. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
  25. Frūct'ed, a.p. 547(Her.) Bearing fruit;—said of a tree or plant so represented upon an escutcheon.
  26. 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.
  27. Frue-tĭe'ū-lōse, a.p. 547Producing much fruit; full of fruit. Hooker.
  28. 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.
  29. Fruc-tif'er-oŭs, a.p. 547Bearing or producing fruit. Ainsworth.
  30. 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…
  31. Frŭc'ti-fȳ, v. t.p. 547To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth. Howell.
  32. Frŭc'ti-fȳ, v. i.p. 547To bear fruit. “Causeth the earth to fructify.” Beveridge.
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. Frūc'tū-ā'tion, n.p. 547Produce; fruit. [Obs.] Pownall.
  36. Frūct'ū-ōus, a.p. 547Fruitful; fertile; also, impregnating with fertility. [Obs.] “Nothing fructuous or profitable.” Chaucer.
  37. Frūc'tu-ous-ly, adv.p. 547Fruitfully; fertilely. [Obs.]
  38. Frūct'ū-oüs-ness, n.p. 547Fruitfulness; fertility. [Obs.]
  39. Frūc'tūre, n.p. 547Use; fruition; enjoyment. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
  40. 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…
  41. 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…
  42. Fru'gal-ly, adv.p. 547With economy; with good management; in a saving manner; as, he seldom lives frugally that lives by chance.
  43. Frū'gal-ness, n.p. 547Quality of being frugal; frugality.
  44. 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…
  45. Frŭg'gin, n.p. 547An oven fork; the pole with which the ashes in the oven are stirred.
  46. Frū-gif'er-ous, a.p. 547Producing fruit; fruitful; fructiferous. Henry More.
  47. Frū-gĭv'o-rōŭs, a.p. 547Feeding on fruits, seeds, or corn, as birds and other animals. Pennant.
  48. Fruit, n.p. 547Whatever is produced for the enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth; that part of plants which contains the seed; especially, the juicy, pulpy products of certain plants…
  49. Fruit, v. i.p. 547To produce fruit. [R.] Chesterfield.
  50. Fruit'age, n.p. 547Fruit collectively; various fruits; fruitery. “Ambrosial fruitage.” Milton.
  51. Fruit'-būd, n.p. 547The bud that produces fruit.
  52. Fruit'er-er, n.p. 547One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits.
  53. Fruit'er-ess, n.p. 547A woman who sells fruit.
  54. Fruit'er-y, n.p. 547Fruit collectively taken; fruitage. Philips. 2. A fruit-loft; a repository for fruit. Johnson.
  55. Fruit'ful, a.p. 547Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; richly productive; prolific; plenteous; as, fruitful soil; a fruitful tree or season; a fruitful wife; fruitful in expedients or in crimes. “Your fruitful…
  56. Fruit'ful-ly, adv.p. 547In such a manner as to be prolific; plenteously; abundantly.
  57. Fruit'ful-ness, n.p. 547The state or quality of being fruitful; exuberant abundance; productiveness; fertility; fecundity. “Fruitfulness and a liberal heart.” Shak. “The great fruitfulness of the poet’s fancy.” Addison.
  58. Fru-i'tion, n.p. 547Use or possession of any thing, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use. “Capacity of fruition.” Rogers. “God-like fruition.” Milton.…
  59. Fru'i-tive, a.p. 547Enjoying. [Obs.] Boyle.
  60. Fruit'less, a.p. 547Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage. Shak. 2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless…