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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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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.Frow'y, a. p. 547Musty; rancid; rank; ill-scented; as, frowy butter. Forby.Frow'zy, a. p. 547The same as FROUZY. 2. Rough and tangled. “With head all frowzy.” Spenser.Frōz'en, p. a. p. 547Subject to frost, or to long and severe frost; chilly; as, the frozen regions of the north.Frōz'en-ness, n. p. 547A state of being frozen.Frūb'ish, v. t. p. 547To rub up; to furbish. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Frūct'ed, a. p. 547(Her.) Bearing fruit;—said of a tree or plant so represented upon an escutcheon.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.Frue-tĭe'ū-lōse, a. p. 547Producing much fruit; full of fruit. Hooker.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.Fruc-tif'er-oŭs, a. p. 547Bearing or producing fruit. Ainsworth.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…Frŭc'ti-fȳ, v. t. p. 547To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth. Howell.Frŭc'ti-fȳ, v. i. p. 547To bear fruit. “Causeth the earth to fructify.” Beveridge.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.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.Frūc'tū-ā'tion, n. p. 547Produce; fruit. [Obs.] Pownall.Frūct'ū-ōus, a. p. 547Fruitful; fertile; also, impregnating with fertility. [Obs.] “Nothing fructuous or profitable.” Chaucer.Frūc'tu-ous-ly, adv. p. 547Fruitfully; fertilely. [Obs.]Frūct'ū-oüs-ness, n. p. 547Fruitfulness; fertility. [Obs.]Frūc'tūre, n. p. 547Use; fruition; enjoyment. [Obs.] Cotgrave.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…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…Fru'gal-ly, adv. p. 547With economy; with good management; in a saving manner; as, he seldom lives frugally that lives by chance.Frū'gal-ness, n. p. 547Quality of being frugal; frugality.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…Frŭg'gin, n. p. 547An oven fork; the pole with which the ashes in the oven are stirred.Frū-gif'er-ous, a. p. 547Producing fruit; fruitful; fructiferous. Henry More.Frū-gĭv'o-rōŭs, a. p. 547Feeding on fruits, seeds, or corn, as birds and other animals. Pennant.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…Fruit, v. i. p. 547To produce fruit. [R.] Chesterfield.Fruit'age, n. p. 547Fruit collectively; various fruits; fruitery. “Ambrosial fruitage.” Milton.Fruit'-būd, n. p. 547The bud that produces fruit.Fruit'er-er, n. p. 547One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits.Fruit'er-ess, n. p. 547A woman who sells fruit.Fruit'er-y, n. p. 547Fruit collectively taken; fruitage. Philips. 2. A fruit-loft; a repository for fruit. Johnson.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…Fruit'ful-ly, adv. p. 547In such a manner as to be prolific; plenteously; abundantly.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.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.…Fru'i-tive, a. p. 547Enjoying. [Obs.] Boyle.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…Fruit'less-ly, adv. p. 547In a fruitless manner; without any valuable effect; idly; vainly; unprofitably.Fruit'less-ness, n. p. 547The quality of being fruitless, or unprofitable.Fruit'-lōft, n. p. 547A loft for the preservation of fruit.Fruit'-tree, n. p. 547A tree cultivated for its fruit; especially, one producing fruit agreeable to the taste.Fruit'y, a. p. 547Resembling fruit, or the taste of fruit. Dickens.Fru'men-tā'ceoŭs, a. p. 547Made of, or resembling, wheat or other grain.Fru'men-tā'ri-ŏŭs, a. p. 547Pertaining to wheat or grain. [Obs.] Coles.Fru'men-tā'tion, n. p. 547(Rom. Antiq.) A largess of grain bestowed upon the people, to quiet them when uneasy.Fru'men-ty, n. p. 547Food made of wheat boiled in milk, and seasoned with sugar, cinnamon, &c. Halliwell.Frŭmp, n. p. 547A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout. [Obs.] B. & Fl. 2. A cross-tempered, old-fashioned female; a gossip. [Colloq.] Halliwell.Frŭmp, v. t. p. 547To insult; to flout. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.