Frangipani, Frangipanni Fran`gi·pan"i, Fran`gi·pan"ni noun [ Another spelling of frangipane .] A perfume derived from, or imitating the odor of, the flower of the red jasmine, a West Indian tree of the genus Plumeria .

Frangulic, Frangulinic Fran·gu"lic, Fran`gu·lin"ic adjective (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or drived from, frangulin, or a species ( Rhamnus Frangula ) of the buckthorn.

Frangulinic acid (Chemistry) , a yellow crystalline substance, resembling alizarin, and obtained by the decomposition of frangulin.

Frangulin Fran"gu·lin noun (Chemistry) A yellow crystalline dyestuff, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from a species ( Rhamnus Frangula ) of the buckthorn; -- called also rhamnoxanthin .

Franion Fran"ion noun [ Perh. from French fainéant an idler.] A paramour; a loose woman; also, a gay, idle fellow. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Frank Frank noun [ Old French franc .] A pigsty. [ Obsolete]

Frank Frank transitive verb To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Frank Frank noun (Zoology) The common heron; -- so called from its note. [ Prov. Eng.]

Frank Frank adjective [ Compar Franker ; superl. Frankest .] [ French franc free, frank, Latin Francus a Frank, from Old High German Franko the name of a Germanic people on the Rhine, who afterward founded the French monarchy; confer Anglo-Saxon franca javelin, Icelandic frakka . Confer Franc , French , adjective , Franchise , noun ] 1. Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. [ R.] "It is of frank gift." Spenser.

2. Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.

3. Liberal; generous; profuse. [ Obsolete]

Frank of civilities that cost them nothing.

L'Estrange.

4. Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense. Spenser.

Syn. -- Ingenuous; candid; artless; plain; open; unreserved; undisguised; sincere. See Candid , Ingenuous .

Frank Frank transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Franked ; present participle & verbal noun Franking .] 1. To send by public conveyance free of expense. Dickens.

2. To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.

Frank Frank noun [ See Frank , adjective ] The privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to free of postage.

I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank , I must burn my letter and begin again.

Cowper.

Frank Frank noun [ Confer French franc . See Frank , adjective ] 1. (Ethnol.) A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.

2. A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.

3. A French coin. See Franc .

Frank-chase Frank"-chase` noun [ Frank free + chase .] (Eng. Law) The liberty or franchise of having a chase; free chase. Burrill.

Frank-fee Frank"-fee` noun [ Frank free + fee .] (Eng. Law) A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold. Burrill.

Frank-law Frank"-law` noun [ Frank free + law .] (Eng. Law) The liberty of being sworn in courts, as a juror or witness; one of the ancient privileges of a freeman; free and common law; -- an obsolete expression signifying substantially the same as the American expression civil rights . Abbot.

Frank-marriage Frank"-mar"riage noun [ Frank free + marriage .] (Eng. Law) A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten. [ Obsolete] Blackstone.

Frankalmoigne Frank`al·moigne" noun [ French franc free + Norm. French almoigne alma, for almosne , French aumône . See Frank , adjective , and Almoner .] (Eng. Law) A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms . Burrill.

Frankfort black Frank"fort black` A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.

Frankincense Frank"in·cense noun [ Old French franc free, pure + encens incense.] A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia ; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce ( Abies excelsa ) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified.

Franking Frank"ing noun (Carp.) A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter.

Frankish Frank"ish adjective Like, or pertaining to, the Franks.

Franklin Frank"lin noun [ Middle English frankelein ; confer Late Latin franchilanus . See Frank , adjective ] An English freeholder, or substantial householder. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

The franklin , a small landholder of those days.

Sir J. Stephen.

Franklin stove Frank"lin stove` A kind of open stove introduced by Benjamin Franklin , the peculiar feature of which was that a current of heated air was directly supplied to the room from an air box; -- now applied to other varieties of open stoves.

Franklinic Frank·lin"ic adjective Of or pertaining to Benjamin Franklin.

Franklinic electricity , electricity produced by friction; called also statical electricity .

Franklinite Frank"lin·ite noun (Min.) A kind of mineral of the spinel group.

Frankly Frank"ly adverb In a frank manner; freely.

Very frankly he confessed his treasons.

Shak.

Syn. -- Openly; ingenuously; plainly; unreservedly; undisguisedly; sincerely; candidly; artlessly; freely; readily; unhesitatingly; liberally; willingly.

Frankness Frank"ness noun The quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality.

Frankpledge Frank"pledge` noun [ Frank free + pledge .] (O. Eng. Law) (a) A pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, -- each freeman who was a member of an ancient decennary, tithing, or friborg, in England, being a pledge for the good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the public peace; a free surety. (b) The tithing itself. Bouvier.

The servants of the crown were not, as now, bound in frankpledge for each other.

Macaulay.

Frantic Fran"tic adjective [ Middle English frentik , frenetik , French frentique , Latin phreneticus , from Greek .... See Frenzy , and confer Frenetic , Phrenetic .] Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly; distracted.

Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed!

Shak.

Torrents of frantic abuse.

Macaulay.

-- Fran"tic*al*ly adverb -- Fran"tic*ly adverb Shak.

-- Fran"tic*ness , noun Johnson.

Frap Frap transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Frapped ; present participle & verbal noun Frapping .] [ Confer French frapper to strike, to seize ropes. Confer Affrap .] 1. (Nautical) To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together. Tottem.

2. To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum. Knoght.

Frape Frape noun [ Confer frap , and Prov. English frape to scold.] A crowd, a rabble. [ Obsolete] ares.

Frapler Frap"ler noun A blusterer; a rowdy. [ Obsolete]

Unpolished, a frapler , and base.

B. Jonson.

Frappé Frap`pé" (frȧ`pā") adjective [ French, p.p. of frapper to strike, to chill.] Iced; frozen; artificially cooled; as, wine frappé . -- noun A frappé mixture or beverage, as a water ice, variously flavored, frozen soft, and served in glasses.

Frapping Frap"ping noun [ From Frap .] (Nautical) A lashing binding a thing tightly or binding things together.

Frater Fra"ter noun [ Latin , a brother.] (Eccl.) A monk; also, a frater house. [ R.] Shipley.

Frater house , an apartament in a convent used as an eating room; a refectory; -- called also a fratery .

Fraternal Fra·ter"nal adjective [ French fraternel , Late Latin fraternalis , from Latin fraternus , from frater brother. See Brother .] Of, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace. -- Fra*ter"nal*ly , adverb

An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war.

Milton.

Fraternal love and friendship.

Addison.

Fraternate Fra·ter"nate intransitive verb To fraternize; to hold fellowship. Jefferson.

Fraternation, Fraternism Fra`ter·na"tion, Fra"ter·nism noun Fraternization. [ R.] Jefferson.

Fraternity Fra·ter"ni·ty noun ; plural Fraternities . [ French fraternité , Latin fraternitas .] 1. The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.

2. A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the Roman Catholic Church, an association for special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and destitute, etc.

3. Men of the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes.

With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own fraternity !

South.

Fraternization Fra`ter·ni·za"tion noun The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers.

I hope that no French fraternization . . . could so change the hearts of Englishmen.

Burke.

Fraternize Fra"ter·nize intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fraternized ; present participle & verbal noun . Fraternizing .] [ Confer French fraterniser .] To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings.

Fraternize Fra"ter·nize transitive verb To bring into fellowship or brotherly sympathy.

Correspondence for fraternizing the two nations.

Burke.

Fraternizer Frat"er·ni`zer noun One who fraternizes. Burke.

Fratery Fra"ter·y noun [ Latin frater brother: confer Italian frateria a brotherhood of monks. See Friar .] A frater house. See under Frater .

Fratrage Fra"trage noun [ Latin frater a brother.] (Law) A sharing among brothers, or brothers' kin. [ Obsolete] Crabb.

Fratricelli Fra`tri·cel"li noun plural [ Italian fraticelli , lit., little brothers, dim. from frate brother, Latin frater .] (Eccl. Hist.) (a) The name which St. Francis of Assisi gave to his followers, early in the 13th century. (b) A sect which seceded from the Franciscan Order, chiefly in Italy and Sicily, in 1294, repudiating the pope as an apostate, maintaining the duty of celibacy and poverty, and discountenancing oaths. Called also Fratricellians and Fraticelli .

Fratricidal Frat"ri·ci`dal adjective Of or pertaining to fratricide; of the nature of fratricide.

Fratricide Frat"ri·cide noun [ Latin fratricidium a brother's murder, from fratricida a brother's murderer; frater , fratris , brother + caedere to kill: confer French fratricide .] 1. The act of one who murders or kills his own brother.

2. [ Latin fratricida : confer French fratricide .] One who murders or kills his own brother.

Frau Frau noun ; plural Frauen . [ G. Confer 1st Frow .] In Germany, a woman; a married woman; a wife; -- as a title, equivalent to Mrs. , Madam .

Fraud Fraud (frad) noun [ French fraude , Latin fraus , fraudis ; probably akin to Sanskrit dhūrv to injure, dhvr to cause to fall, and English dull .] 1. Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick.

If success a lover's toil attends,
Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends.

Pope.

2. (Law) An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another.

3. A trap or snare. [ Obsolete]

To draw the proud King Ahab into fraud .

Milton.

Constructive fraud (Law) , an act, statement, or omission which operates as a fraud, although perhaps not intended to be such. Mozley & W. -- Pious fraud (Ch. Hist.) , a fraud contrived and executed to benefit the church or accomplish some good end, upon the theory that the end justified the means. -- Statute of frauds (Law) , an English statute (1676), the principle of which is incorporated in the legislation of all the States of this country, by which writing with specific solemnities (varying in the several statutes) is required to give efficacy to certain dispositions of property. Wharton.

Syn. -- Deception; deceit; guile; craft; wile; sham; strife; circumvention; stratagem; trick; imposition; cheat. See Deception .

Fraudful Fraud"ful adjective Full of fraud, deceit, or treachery; trickish; treacherous; fraudulent; -- applied to persons or things. I. Taylor.

-- Fraud"ful*ly , adverb

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