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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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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.Frŭmp'er, n. p. 547A mocker. [Obs.] Colgrave.Frŭmp'ish, a. p. 547Cross tempered; scornful. [Obs.] 2. Old-fashioned, as a woman's dress. Our Bell . . . looked very frumpish. Foote.Frŭsh, v. t. p. 547To bruise or dash violently to pieces. I like thine armor well; I'll frush it and unlock its rivets all, Or I'll be master of it. Shak.Frūsh, a. p. 547Broken or crushed; as, the thatch of a room becomes frush. Prof. Wilson.Frŭsh, n. p. 547Noise of things dashing or dashed together. [Rare.] Horrible uproar and frush Of rocks that meet in battle. Southey.Frŭsh, n. p. 547(Far.) A sort of tender substance in the middle of the sole of a horse; the frog. 2. A discharge of a fetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse’s foot;—also called thrush.Frŭs'tra-ble, a. p. 547Capable of being frustrated or defeated. [Rare.]Frŭs-trā'ne-ŏŭs, a. p. 547Vain; useless; unprofitable. [Obs.] Sir T. More. South.Frŭs'trāte, v. t. p. 548To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, his enemy was frustrated; to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose.…Früs'trate, a. p. 548Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable, null; void; nugatory; of no effect. “Our frustrate search.” Shak.Früs'trate-ly, adv. p. 548In vain. [Obs.] Vicars.Frus-trā'tion, n. p. 548The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's attempt or design.Frŭs'tra-tive, a. p. 548Tending to defeat; fallacious. [Obs.] Ainsworth.Früs'tra-to-ry, a. p. 548Making void; rendering null; as, a frustratory appeal. [Obs.] Ayliffe.Früst'ü-lent, a. p. 548Abounding in fragments.Früs'tum, n. p. 548(Geom.) The part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting off the top; or, the part of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, &c., between two planes, which may be either parallel or inclined to each…