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Look up: FRAIL

  1. frail
    [adj] - physically weak 2. [n] - the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs 3. [n] - a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Frail
    Frail noun [ Middle English fraiel , fraile , Old French fraiel , freel , frael , from Late Latin fraellum .] A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins. 2. The quantity of ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/71

  3. Frail
    Frail adjective [ Compar. Frailer ; superl . Frailest .] [ Middle English frele , freile , Old French fraile , frele , French frêle , from Latin fr...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/71

  4. frail
    adjective physically weak; `an invalid`s frail body`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. frail
    noun a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Frail
    • (n.) The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail. • (superl) Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm. • (n.) A basket made of rushes, use...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Frail
    Frail is American slang for a woman.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  8. Frail
    Frail is American slang for a woman.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. frail
    a kind of basket, sometimes used as a commercial unit of weight for fruit. Depending on the item, a frail could equal anywhere from 32 to 75 pounds (15-34 kilograms). In the nineteenth century a frail of raisins was often taken to equal 50 pounds (22.68 kilograms).
    Found on http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictF.

  10. Frail
    A frail is a rush basket for packing figs and raisins, holding between 32 and 56 lbs of figs.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. Frail
    (album) Name = Frail | Type = Album | Artist = Maria Solheim | Cover = | Released = 2004 | Recorded = June - October 2003 | Genre = Singer-songwriter | Label = Kirkelig Kulturverksted | Producer = Emil Nikolaisen | Last album = Behind Closed Doors<br />(2002) | This album = ``Fra...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frail

  12. Frail
    (song) "`Frail`" is a song written and performed by Christian alternative folk rock group Jars of Clay. It has appeared on many recordings by the group and lends its name to the group`s debut demo release, Frail, from 1994. The song has been released on four of the group`s re...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frail



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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