| Fra |
adv. & prep. |
Fro. |
| Fra |
n. |
Brother;
a title of a monk of friar; as, Fra Angelo. |
| Frab |
v. i. & t. |
To scold; to nag. |
| Frabbit |
a. |
Crabbed; peevish. |
| Fracas |
v. t. |
An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl. |
| Fracho |
n. |
A shallow iron pan to hold glass ware while being annealed. |
| Fracid |
a. |
Rotten from being too ripe; overripe. |
| Fract |
v. t. |
To break; to violate. |
| Fracted |
a. |
Having a part displaced, as if broken;
said of an ordinary. |
| Fraction |
n. |
The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence. |
| Fraction |
n. |
A portion; a fragment. |
| Fraction |
n. |
One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude. |
| Fraction |
v. t. |
To separate by means of, or to subject to, fractional distillation or crystallization; to fractionate;
frequently used with out; as, to fraction out a certain grade of oil from pretroleum. |
| Fractional |
a. |
Of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction; constituting a fraction; as, fractional numbers. |
| Fractional |
a. |
Relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; as, a fractional part of the population. |
| Fractionally |
adv. |
By fractions or separate portions; as, to distill a liquid fractionally, that is, so as to separate different portions. |
| Fractionary |
a. |
Fractional. |
| Fractionate |
v. t. |
To separate into different portions or fractions, as in the distillation of liquids. |
| Fractious |
a. |
Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse. |
| Fractural |
a. |
Pertaining to, or consequent on, a fracture. |
| Fracture |
n. |
The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach. |
| Fracture |
n. |
The breaking of a bone. |
| Fracture |
n. |
The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture. |
| Fracture |
v. t. |
To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull. |
| Fractured |
imp. & p. p. |
of Fracture |
| Fracturing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Fracture |
| Fraena |
pl. |
of Frenum |
| Fraenula |
pl. |
of Fraenulum |
| Fraenulum |
n. |
A fraenum. |
| Fraenum |
n. |
Alt. of Frenum |
| Fraenums |
pl. |
of Frenum |
| Fragile |
a. |
Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed. |
| Fragility |
n. |
The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility. |
| Fragility |
n. |
Weakness; feebleness. |
| Fragility |
n. |
Liability to error and sin; frailty. |
| Fragment |
v. t. |
A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing. |
| Fragmentak |
a. |
Fragmentary. |
| Fragmentak |
a. |
Consisting of the pulverized or fragmentary material of rock, as conglomerate, shale, etc. |
| Fragmental |
n. |
A fragmentary rock. |
| Fragmentarily |
adv. |
In a fragmentary manner; piecemeal. |
| Fragmentariness |
n. |
The quality or property of being in fragnebts, or broken pieces, incompleteness; want of continuity. |
| Fragmentary |
a. |
Composed of fragments, or broken pieces; disconnected; not complete or entire. |
| Fragmentary |
a. |
Composed of the fragments of other rocks. |
| Fragmented |
a. |
Broken into fragments. |
| Fragmentist |
n. |
A writer of fragments; as, the fragmentist of Wolfenbuttel. |
| Fragor |
n. |
A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash. |
| Fragor |
n. |
A strong or sweet scent. |
| Fragrance |
n. |
Alt. of Fragrancy |
| Fragrancy |
n. |
The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume. |
| Fragrant |
a. |
Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume. |
| Fraight |
a. |
Same as Fraught. |
| Frail |
n. |
A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins. |
| Frail |
n. |
The quantity of raisins
about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds,
contained in a frail. |
| Frail |
n. |
A rush for weaving baskets. |
| Frail |
superl |
Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm. |
| Frail |
superl |
Tender. |
| Frail |
superl |
Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste;
often applied to fallen women. |
| Frailly |
adv. |
Weakly; infirmly. |
| Frailness |
n. |
Frailty. |
| Frailties |
pl. |
of Frailty |
| Frailty |
a. |
The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced. |
| Frailty |
a. |
A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity. |
| Fraischeur |
a. |
Freshness; coolness. |
| Fraise |
n. |
A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. |
| Fraise |
n. |
A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position. |
| Fraise |
n. |
A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter. |
| Fraise |
v. t. |
To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward. |
| Fraised |
a. |
Fortified with a fraise. |
| Fraken |
n. |
A freckle. |
| Framable |
a. |
Capable of being framed. |
| Frambaesia |
n. |
The yaws. See Yaws. |
| Frame |
v. t. |
To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice. |
| Frame |
v. t. |
To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false. |
| Frame |
v. t. |
To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform. |
| Frame |
v. t. |
To cause; to bring about; to produce. |
| Frame |
v. t. |
To support. |
| Frame |
v. t. |
To provide with a frame, as a picture. |
| Frame |
v. i. |
To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech. |
| Frame |
v. i. |
To proceed; to go. |
| Frame |
n. |
Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system, whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building, vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a structure. |
| Frame |
n. |
The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person. |
| Frame |
n. |
A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc.; that on which anything is held or stretched |
| Frame |
n. |
The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels. |
| Frame |
n. |
A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings. |
| Frame |
n. |
The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering. |
| Frame |
n. |
A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc. |
| Frame |
n. |
A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost. |
| Frame |
n. |
A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor. |
| Frame |
n. |
A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc. |
| Frame |
n. |
Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as, a frameof government. |
| Frame |
n. |
Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame. |
| Frame |
n. |
Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming. |
| Frame |
n. |
In games: (a) In pool, the triangular form used in setting up the balls; also, the balls as set up, or the round of playing required to pocket them all; as, to play six frames in a game of 50 points. (b) In bowling, as in tenpins, one of the several innings forming a game. |
| Frame-up |
n. |
A conspiracy or plot, esp. for a malicious or evil purpose, as to incriminate a person on false evidence. |
| Framed |
imp. & p. p. |
of Frame |
| Framer |
n. |
One who frames; as, the framer of a building; the framers of the Constitution. |
| Framework |
n. |
The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society. |
| Framework |
n. |
Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom. |
| Framing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Frame |
| Framing |
n. |
The act, process, or style of putting together a frame, or of constructing anything; a frame; that which frames. |
