Fringy Frin"gy adjective Aborned with fringes. Shak.
Fripper Frip"per noun [ French
fripier , from
friper to rumple, fumble, waste.]
One who deals in frippery or in old clothes. [ Obsolete]
Bacon.
Fripperer Frip"per·er noun A fripper. [ Obsolete]
Johnson.
Frippery Frip"per·y noun [ French
friperie , from
fruper . See
Fripper .]
1. Coast-off clothes. [ Obsolete]
B. Jonson. 2. Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance. Fond of gauze and French frippery .
Goldsmith. The gauzy frippery of a French translation.
Sir W. Scott. 3. A place where old clothes are sold. Shak. 4. The trade or traffic in old clothes.
Frippery Frip"per·y adjective Trifling; contemptible.
Frisette, Frizette Fri·sette", Fri·zette" noun [ French
frisette curl.]
a fringe of hair or curls worn about the forehead by women.
Friseur' Fri"seur' noun [ French, from
friser to curl, frizzle. See
Frizzle .]
A hairdresser.
Frisian Fri"sian adjective Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province of the Netherlands; Friesic.
Frisian Fri"sian noun A native or inhabitant of Friesland; also, the language spoken in Friesland. See Friesic , noun
Frisk Frisk adjective [ Old French
frieque , confer Old High German
frise lively, brisk, fresh, Dan. & Swedish
frisk , Icelandic
friskr . See
Fresh ,
adjective ]
Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Frisk Frisk adjective A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. Johnson.
Frisk Frisk intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Frisked ;
present participle & verbal noun Frisking .]
To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety. The frisking satyrs on the summits danced.
Addison.
Friskal Frisk"al noun A leap or caper. [ Obsolete]
B. Jonson.
Frisker Frisker noun One who frisks; one who leaps of dances in gayety; a wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person. Camden.
Frisket Fris"ket noun [ French
frisguette . Perh. so named from the velocity or frequency of its motion. See
Frisk adjective ]
(Print.) The light frame which holds the sheet of paper to the tympan in printing.
Friskful Frisk"ful adjective Brisk; lively; frolicsome.
Friskily' Frisk"i·ly' adverb In a frisky manner.
Friskiness Frisk"i·ness noun State or quality of being frisky.
Frisky Frisk"y adjective Inclined to frisk; frolicsome; gay. He is too frisky for an old man.
Jeffrey.
Frislet Fris"let (frĭz"lĕt)
noun [ Confer
Fraise a kind of defense; also
Friz .]
A kind of small ruffle. Halliwell.
Frist Frist (frĭst)
transitive verb [ Middle English
fristen ,
firsten , to lend, give respite, postpone, Anglo-Saxon
firstan to give respite to; akin to first time, German
frist , Icelandic
frest delay.]
To sell upon credit, as goods. [ R.]
Crabb.
Frisure Fri"sure` noun [ French]
The dressing of the hair by crisping or curling. Smollett.
Frit Frit noun [ French
fritte , from
frit fried, past participle of
frire to fry. See
Far ,
transitive verb ]
1. (Glass Making) The material of which glass is made, after having been calcined or partly fused in a furnace, but before vitrification. It is a composition of silex and alkali, occasionally with other ingredients. Ure. 2. (Ceramics) The material for glaze of pottery. Frit brick ,
a lump of calcined glass materials, brought to a pasty condition in a reverberatory furnace, preliminary to the perfect vitrification in the melting pot.
Frit Frit transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Fritted ;
present participle & verbal noun Fritting .]
To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially. Ure.
Frit Frit transitive verb To fritter; -- with away. [ R.]
Ld. Lytton.
Fritfly Frit"fly` noun (Zoology) A small dipterous fly of the genus Oscinis , esp. O. vastator , injurious to grain in Europe, and O. Trifole , injurious to clover in America.
Frith Frith (frĭth)
noun [ Middle English
firth , Icelandic
fjörðr ; akin to Swedish
fjärd , Danish
fiord , English
ford . √78. See
Ford ,
noun , and confer
Firth ,
Fiord ,
Fret a frith,
Port a harbor.]
1. (Geology) A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth. 2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [ Eng.]
Carew.
Frith Frith noun [ Middle English
frith peace, protection, land inclosed for hunting, park, forest, Anglo-Saxon
frið peace; akin to
frenoð peace, protection, asylum, German
friede peace, Icelandic
friðr , and from the root of E. free, friend. See
Free ,
adjective , and confer
Affray ,
Defray .]
1. A forest; a woody place. [ Obsolete]
Drayton. 2. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure. [ Obsolete]
Sir J. Wynne.
Frithy Frith"y adjective Woody. [ Obsolete]
Skelton.
Fritillaria Frit"il·la`ri·a noun [ New Latin , from Latin
fritillus dicebox: confer French
fritillaire . So named from the checkered markings of the petals.]
(Botany) A genus of liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial ( Fritillaria imperialis ) is one species, and the Guinea-hen flower ( F. Meleagris ) another. See Crown-imperial .
Fritillary Frit"il·la·ry noun 1. (Botany) A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria . 2. (Zoology) One of several species of butterflies belonging to Argynnis and allied genera; -- so called because the coloring of their wings resembles that of the common Fritillaria . See Aphrodite .
Fritinancy Frit"i·nan·cy noun [ Latin
fritinnire to twitter.]
A chirping or creaking, as of a cricket. [ Obsolete]
Sir T. Browne.
Fritter Frit"ter noun [ OR.
fritour ,
friture , pancake, French
friture frying, a thing fried, from
frire to fry. See
Far ,
transitive verb ]
1. A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters , clam fritters , oyster fritters . 2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece. And cut whole giants into fritters .
Hudibras. Corn fritter .
See under Corn .
Fritter Frit"ter transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Frittered ;
present participle & verbal noun Frittering .]
1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. 2. To break into small pieces or fragments. Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense.
Pope. To fritter away ,
to diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit, etc.
Fritting Frit"ting noun [ See
Frit to expose to heat.]
The formation of frit or slag by heat with but incipient fusion.
Frivol Friv"ol intransitive verb To act frivolously; to trifle. Kipling . --
Friv"ol*er ,
Friv"ol*ler ,
noun [ All Colloq.]
Frivolism Friv"o·lism noun Frivolity. [ R.]
Pristley.
Frivolity Fri·vol"i·ty noun ;
plural Frivolities . [ Cg. French
frivolité . See
Frivolous .]
The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition.
Frivolous Friv"o·lous adjective [ Latin
frivolus ; probably akin to
friare to rub, crumble, English
friable : confer French
frivole .]
1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. Swift. 2. Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters. His personal tastes were low and frivolous .
Macaulay. Syn. -- Trifling; trivial; slight; petty; worthless. --
Friv"o*lous*ly ,
adverb --
Friv"o*lous*ness ,
noun
Friz Friz transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Frizzed ;
present participle & verbal noun Frizzing .] [ Confer French
friser to curl, crisp,
frizzle , to raise the nap (on certain stuffs); probably akin to OFries.
frisle hair of the head. Confer
Frieze kind of cloth.] [ Written also
frizz .]
1. To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp. With her hair frizzed short up to her ears.
Pepys. 2. To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth. 3. (Leather Manufacture) To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument. Frizzing machine .
(a) (Fabrics) A machine for frizzing the surface of cloth. (b) (Wood Working) A bench with a revolving cutter head slightly protruding above its surface, for dressing boards.
Friz Friz noun ;
plural Frizzes That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle. [ Written also
frizz .]
He [ Dr. Johnson], who saw in his glass how his wig became his face and head, might easily infer that a similar fullbottomed, well-curled friz of words would be no less becoming to his thoughts.
Hare.
Frize Frize noun (Architecture) See 1st Frieze .
Frizel Friz"el adjective (Firearms) A movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock. Knight.
Frizette Fri·zette" noun [ French
frisette curl.]
A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.
Frizz Frizz transitive verb & noun See Friz , transitive verb & noun
Frizz Frizz transitive verb & i. [ Partly imitative, but confer
Fry .]
To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle.
Frizzle Friz"zle transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Frizzled ;
present participle & verbal noun Frizzling .] [ Dim. of
friz .]
To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle. Gay. To frizzle up ,
to crinkle or crisp excessively.
Frizzle Friz"zle noun A curl; a lock of hair crisped. Milton.
Frizzle Friz"zle transitive verb & i. [
imperfect & past participle Frizzled ;
present participle & verbal noun Frizzling .] [ Freq. of an imitative word
frizz , in dial. use.]
1. To fry, toast, or broil with a sputtering sound to cook with a sizzling noise. Also fig. Hawthorne. 2. To cook, in certain way, so as to curl or crinkle up. Drain and heat it [ shaved smoked beef] in one tablespoonful of hot butter, to curl or frizzle it.
Mrs. Lincoln (Cook Book).
Frizzler Friz"zler` noun One who frizzles.
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