Friendly Friend"ly adverb In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends. [ Obsolete] Shak.

In whom all graces that can perfect beauty
Are friendly met.

Beau. & Fl.

Friendly Friend"ly noun A friendly person; -- usually applied to natives friendly to foreign settlers or invaders.

These were speedily routed by the friendlies , who attacked the small force before them in fine style.

E. N. Bennett.

Friendship Friend"ship noun [ Anglo-Saxon freóndscipe . See Friend , and -ship .] 1. The state of being friends; friendly relation, or attachment, to a person, or between persons; affection arising from mutual esteem and good will; friendliness; amity; good will.

There is little friendship in the world.

Bacon.

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

Rambler.

Preferred by friendship , and not chosen by sufficiency.

Spenser.

2. Kindly aid; help; assistance, [ Obsolete]

Some friendship will it [ a hovel] lend you gainst the tempest.

Shak.

3. Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; harmony; correspondence. [ Obsolete]

Those colors . . . have a friendship with each other.

Dryden.

Frier Fri"er noun One who fries.

Friese Friese noun Same as Friesic , noun

Friesic Fries"ic adjective Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province in the northern part of the Netherlands.

Friesic Fries"ic noun The language of the Frisians, a Teutonic people formerly occupying a large part of the coast of Holland and Northwestern Germany. The modern dialects of Friesic are spoken chiefly in the province of Friesland, and on some of the islands near the coast of Germany and Denmark.

Friesish Fries"ish adjective Friesic. [ R.]

Frieze Frieze noun [ Perh. the same word as frieze a, kind of cloth. Confer Friz .] (Architecture) (a) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture. (b) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See Illust. of Column .

Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven.

Milton.

Frieze Frieze noun [ French frise , perhaps originally a woolen cloth or stuff from Friesland (F. Frise ); confer Late Latin frisii panni and frissatus pannus , a shaggy woolen cloth, French friser to friz, curl. Confer Friz .] A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. "Robes of frieze ." Goldsmith.

Frieze Frieze transitive verb To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See Friz , transitive verb , 2.

Friezing machine , a machine for friezing cloth; a friezing machine.

Friezed Friezed adjective Gathered, or having the map gathered, into little tufts, knots, or protuberances. Confer Frieze , transitive verb , and Friz , transitive verb , 2.

Friezer Frie"zer noun One who, or that which, friezes or frizzes.

Frigate Frig"ate noun [ French frégate , Italian fregata , probably contracted from Latin fabricata something constructed or built. See Fabricate .] 1. Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely increased size and power were built, and formed the main part of the navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them. [ Formerly spelled frigat and friggot .]

2. Any small vessel on the water. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Frigate bird (Zoology) , a web- footed rapacious bird, of the genus Fregata ; -- called also man-of-war bird , and frigate pelican . Two species are known; that of the Southern United States and West Indies is F. aquila . They are remarkable for their long wings and powerful flight. Their food consists of fish which they obtain by robbing gulls, terns, and other birds, of their prey. They are related to the pelicans. -- Frigate mackerel (Zoology) , an oceanic fish ( Auxis Rochei ) of little or no value as food, often very abundant off the coast of the United States. -- Frigate pelican . (Zoology) Same as Frigate bird .

Frigate-built Frig"ate-built" adjective (Nautical) Built like a frigate with a raised quarter-deck and forecastle.

Frigatoon Frig"a·toon` noun [ Italian fregatone : confer French frégaton . See Frigate .] (Nautical) A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship- rigged.

Frigefaction Frig"e·fac`tion noun [ Latin frigere to be cold + facere to make.] The act of making cold. [ Obsolete]

Frigefactive Frig"e·fac`tive adjective Cooling. [ Obsolete] Boyle.

Frigerate Frig"er·ate transitive verb [ Latin frigerare , from frigus cold.] To make cool. [ Obsolete] Blount.

Frigg, Frigga Frigg, Frig"ga noun [ Icelandic Frigg . See Friday .] (Scand. Myth.) The wife of Odin and mother of the gods; the supreme goddess; the Juno of the Valhalla. Confer Freya .

Fright Fright (frīt) noun [ Middle English frigt , freyht , Anglo-Saxon fyrhto , fyrhtu ; akin to Old Saxon forhta , Old High German forhta , forahta , German furcht , Danish frygt , Swedish fruktan , Goth. faúrhtei fear, faúrhts timid.]

1. A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

2. Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion. [ Colloq.]

Syn. -- Alarm; terror; consternation. See Alarm .

Fright Fright transitive verb [ imperfect Frighted ; present participle & verbal noun . Frighting .] [ Middle English frigten to fear, frighten, Anglo-Saxon fyrhtan to frighten, forhtian to fear; akin to Old Saxon forhtian , Old High German furihten , forahtan , German fürchten , Swedish frukta , Danish frygte , Goth. faurhtjan . See Fright , noun , and confer Frighten .] To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare.

Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit.

Dryden.

Syn. -- To affright; dismay; daunt; intimidate.

Frighten Fright"en transitive verb [ imperfect Frightened ; present participle & verbal noun Frightening .] [ See Fright , transitive verb ] To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.

More frightened than hurt.

Old Proverb.

Frightful Fright"ful adjective 1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. [ Obsolete]

See how the frightful herds run from the wood.

W. Browne.

2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.

Syn. -- Terrible; dreadful; alarming; fearful; terrific; awful; horrid; horrible; shocking. -- Frightful , Dreadful , Awful . These words all express fear. In frightful , it is a sudden emotion; in dreadful , it is deeper and more prolonged; in awful , the fear is mingled with the emotion of awe, which subdues us before the presence of some invisible power. An accident may be frightful ; the approach of death is dreadful to most men; the convulsions of the earthquake are awful .

Frightfully Fright"ful·ly adverb In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree.

Frightfulness Fright"ful·ness noun The quality of being frightful.

Frightless Fright"less adjective Free from fright; fearless. [ Obsolete]

Frightment Fright"ment noun Fear; terror. [ Obsolete]

Frigid Frig"id adjective [ Latin frigidus , from frigere to be cold; probably akin to Greek ... to shudder, or perhaps to ... cold. Confer Frill .] 1. Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate.

2. Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, etc.; unfeeling; forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated; stiff and formal; as, a frigid constitution; a frigid style; a frigid look or manner; frigid obedience or service.

3. Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent. Johnson.

Frigid zone , that part of the earth which lies between either polar circle and its pole. It extends 23... 28... from the pole. See the Note under Arctic .

Frigidarium Frig"i·da`ri·um noun ; plural Frigidaria . [ Latin , neut. of frigidarium cooling.] The cooling room of the Roman thermæ, furnished with a cold bath.

Frigidity Fri·gid"i·ty noun [ Latin frigiditas : confer French frigidité .] 1. The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth.

Ice is water congealed by the frigidity of the air.

Sir T. Browne.

2. Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality; as, frigidity of a reception, of a bow, etc.

3. Want of heat or vigor; as, the frigidity of old age.

Frigidly Frig"id·ly adverb In a frigid manner; coldly; dully; without affection.

Frigidness Frig"id·ness noun The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection; coldness; dullness.

Frigorific, Frigorifical Frig"o·rif"ic, Frig"o·rif`ic·al adjective [ Latin frigorificus ; frigus , frigoris , cold + facere to make: confer French frigorifique .] Causing cold; producing or generating cold. Quincy.

Frijol, Frijole Fri"jol, Fri"jole noun ; plural Frijoles Also Fre"jol [ Spanish fríjol , fréjol .] 1. In Mexico, the southwestern United States, and the West Indies, any cultivated bean of the genus Phaseolus , esp. the black seed of a variety of P. vulgaris .

2. The beanlike seed of any of several related plants, as the cowpea. Frijoles are an important article of diet among Spanish-American peoples, being used as an ingredient of many dishes.

Frill Frill intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Frilled ; present participle & verbal noun Frilling .] [ Old French friller , from Latin frigidulus somewhat cold, dim. of frigidus cold; akin to French frileux chilly.] 1. To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills . Johnson.

2. (Photog.) To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film.

Frill Frill transitive verb To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap.

Frill Frill noun [ See Frill , intransitive verb ]. (Zoology) (a) A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold. (b) A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal. See Frilled lizard (below). (c) A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals. (d) A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells.

2. A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce.

Frilled Frilled adjective Furnished with a frill or frills.

Frilled lizard (Zoology) , a large Australian lizard ( Chlamydosaurus Kingii ) about three feet long, which has a large, erectile frill on each side of the neck.

Frim Frim adjective [ Confer Anglo-Saxon freme good, bold, and English frame .] Flourishing; thriving; fresh; in good case; vigorous. [ Obsolete] "Frim pastures." Drayton.

Frimaire Fri"maire` noun [ French, from frimas hoarfrost.] The third month of the French republican calendar. It commenced November 21, and ended December 20., See Vendémiaire .

Fringe Fringe noun [ OF, fringe , French frange , probably from Latin fimbria fiber, thread, fringe, confer fibra fiber, English fiber , fimbriate .] 1. An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like.

2. Something resembling in any respect a fringe; a line of objects along a border or edge; a border; an edging; a margin; a confine.

The confines of grace and the fringes of repentance.

Jer. Taylor.

3. (Opt.) One of a number of light or dark bands, produced by the interference of light; a diffraction band; -- called also interference fringe.

4. (Botany) The peristome or fringelike appendage of the capsules of most mosses. See Peristome .

Fringe tree (Botany) , a small tree ( Chionanthus Virginica ), growing in the Southern United States, and having snow-white flowers, with long pendulous petals.

Fringe Fringe transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fringed ; present participle & vb. adjective Fringing .] To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.

Precipices fringed with grass.

Bryant.

Fringing reef . See Coral reefs , under Coral .

Fringe tree Fringe tree A small oleaceous tree ( Chionanthus virginica ), of the southern United States, having clusters of white flowers with slender petals. It is often cultivated.

Fringed Fringed adjective Furnished with a fringe.

Fringed lear (Botany) , a leaf edged with soft parallel hairs.

Fringeless Fringe"less adjective Having no fringe.

Fringent Frin"gent adjective Encircling like a fringe; bordering. [ R.] "The fringent air." Emerson.

Fringilla Frin·gil"la adjective [ New Latin , from Latin fringilla a chaffinch .] (Zoology) A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling.

Fringillaceous Frin`gil·la"ceous adjective (Zoology) Fringilline.

Fringilline Frin·gil"line adjective (Zoology) Pertaining to the family Fringillidæ ; characteristic of finches; sparrowlike.

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