Fruiteress Fruit"er·ess noun A woman who sells fruit.
Fruitery Fruit"er·y noun ;
plural Fruiteries . [ French
fruiterie place where fruit is kept, in Old French also,
fruitage .]
1. Fruit, taken collectively; fruitage. J. Philips. 2. A repository for fruit. Johnson.
Fruitestere Fruit"es·tere noun A fruiteress. [ Obsolete]
Fruitful Fruit"ful adjective Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful wife. --
Fruit"ful*ly ,
adverb --
Fruit"ful*ness ,
noun Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth.
Gen. i. 28. [ Nature] By disburdening grows
More fruitful .
Milton. The great fruitfulness of the poet's fancy.
Addison. Syn. -- Fertile; prolific; productive; fecund; plentiful; rich; abundant; plenteous. See
Fertile .
Fruiting Fruit"ing adjective Pertaining to, or producing, fruit.
Fruiting Fruit"ing noun The bearing of fruit.
Fruition Fru·i"tion noun [ Old French
fruition , Latin
fruitio , enjoyment, from Latin
frui , past participle
fruitus , to use or enjoy. See
Fruit ,
noun ]
Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use. "Capacity of
fruition ."
Rogers. "Godlike
fruition ."
Milton. Where I may have fruition of her love.
Shak.
Fruitive Fru"i·tive adjective [ See
Fruition .]
Enjoying; possessing. [ Obsolete]
Boyle.
Fruitless Fruit"less adjective 1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage. Shak. 2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy. They in mutual accusation spent
The fruitless hours.
Milton. Syn. -- Useless; barren; unprofitable; abortive; ineffectual; vain; idle; profitless. See
Useless . --
Fruit"less*ly ,
adverb --
Fruit"lness*ness ,
noun
Frumentaceous Fru"men·ta"ceous adjective [ Latin
frumentaceus , from
frumentum corn or grain, from the root of
frux fruit: confer French
frumentacé . See
Frugal .]
Made of, or resembling, wheat or other grain.
Frumentarious Fru`men·ta"ri·ous adjective [ Latin frumentarius.]
Of or pertaining to wheat or grain. [ R.]
Coles.
Frumentation Fru`men·ta"tion noun [ Latin
frumentatio .]
(Rom. Antiq.) A largess of grain bestowed upon the people, to quiet them when uneasy.
Frumenty Fru"men·ty noun [ Old French
fromentée , from Latin
frumentum . See
Frumentaceous .]
Food made of hulled wheat boiled in milk, with sugar, plums, etc. [ Written also
furmenty and
furmity .]
Halliwell.
Frump Frump transitive verb [ Confer Prov. English
frumple to wrinkle, ruffle, Dutch
frommelen .]
To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub. [ Obsolete]
Beau. & Fl.
Frump Frump noun 1. A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout. [ Obsolete]
Beau. & Fl. 2. A cross, old-fashioned person; esp., an old woman; a gossip. [ Colloq.]
Halliwell.
Frumper Frump"er noun A mocker. [ Obsolete]
Cotgrave.
Frumpish Frump"ish adjective 1. Cross-tempered; scornful. [ Obsolete]
2. Old-fashioned, as a woman's dress. Our Bell . . . looked very frumpish .
Foote.
Frush Frush transitive verb [ French
froisser to bruise. Confer
Froise .]
To batter; to break in pieces. [ Obsolete]
I like thine armor well;
I'll frush it and unlock the rivets all.
Shak.
Frush Frush adjective Easily broken; brittle; crisp.
Frush Frush noun Noise; clatter; crash. [ R.]
Southey.
Frush Frush noun [ Confer Middle English
frosch ,
frosk , a frog (the animal), German
frosch frog (the animal), also carney or lampass of horses. See
Frog ,
noun , 2.]
1. (Far.) The frog of a horse's foot. 2. A discharge of a fetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's foot; -- also caled thrush.
Frustrable Frus"tra·ble adjective [ Latin
frustrabilis : confer French
frustable .]
Capable of beeing frustrated or defeated.
Frustraneous Frus·tra"ne·ous adjective [ See
Frustrate ,
adjective ]
Vain; useless; unprofitable. [ Obsolete]
South.
Frustrate Frus"trate adjective [ Latin
frustratus , past participle of
frustrare ,
frustrari , to deceive, frustrate, from
frustra in vain, witout effect, in erorr, probably for
frudtra and akin to
fraus , English
fraud .]
Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. "Our
frustrate search."
Shak.
Frustrate Frus"trate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Frustrated ;
present participle & verbal noun Frustrating .]
1. To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose. Shall the adversary thus obtain
His end and frustrate thine ?
Milton. 2. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed. Syn. -- To balk; thwart; foil; baffle; defeat.
Frustrately Frus"trate·ly adverb In vain. [ Obsolete]
Vicars.
Frustration Frus·tra"tion noun [ Latin
frustratio : confer Old French
frustration .]
The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs
Frustrative Frus"tra·tive adjective Tending to defeat; fallacious. [ Obsolete]
Ainsworth.
Frustratory Frus"tra·to·ry adjective [ Latin
frustratorius : confer French
frustratoire .]
Making void; rendering null; as, a frustratory appeal. [ Obsolete]
Ayliffe.
Frustule Frus"tule noun [ Latin
frustulum , dim. from
frustum a piece: confer French
frustule .]
(Botany) The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of two valves, one overlapping the other, like a pill box and its cover.
Frustulent Frus"tu·lent adjective [ Latin
frustulentus . See
Frustule .]
Abounding in fragments. [ R.]
Frustum Frus"tum noun ;
plural Latin
Frusta , English
Frustums . [ Latin
fruslum piece, bit.]
1. (Geom.) The part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting off the, top; or the part of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, etc., between two planes, which may be either parallel or inclined to each other. 2. (Architecture) One of the drums of the shaft of a column.
Frutage Frut"age noun [ Confer
Fruitage .]
1. A picture of fruit; decoration by representation of fruit. The cornices consist of frutages and festoons.
Evelyn. 2. A confection of fruit. [ Obsolete]
Nares.
Frutescent Fru·tes"cent adjective [ Latin
frutex ,
fruticis , shrub, bush: confer French
frutescent , Latin
fruticescens ,
present participle ]
(Botany) Somewhat shrubby in character; imperfectly shrubby, as the American species of Wistaria.
Frutex Fru"tex noun [ Latin ]
(Botany) A plant having a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub.
Fruticant Fru"ti·cant adjective [ Latin
fruticans ,
present participle of
fruticare , to become bushy, from
frutex , fruticis, shrub.]
Full of shoots. [ Obsolete]
Evelyn.
Fruticose Fru"ti·cose` adjective [ Latin
fruticosus , from frutex,
fruticis , shrub]
(Botany) Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs; branching like a shrub; shrubby; shrublike; as, a fruticose stem. Gray.
Fruticous Fru"ti·cous adjective (Botany) Fruticose. [ R.]
Fruticulose Fru·tic"u·lose` adjective [ Dim. from Latin
fruticosus bushy: confer French
fruticuleux .]
(Botany) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub. Gray.
Fry Fry transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Fried ;
present participle & verbal noun Frying .] [ Middle English
frien , French
frire , from Latin frigere to roast, parch,
fry , confer Greek ..., Sanskrit
bhrajj . Confer
Fritter .]
To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry fish; to fry doughnuts.
Fry Fry intransitive verb 1. To undergo the process of frying; to be subject to the action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a kettle of hot fat. 2. To simmer; to boil. [ Obsolete]
With crackling flames a caldron fries .
Dryden The frothy billows fry .
Spenser. 3. To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat. To keep the oil from frying in the stomach.
Bacon. 4. To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [ Obsolete]
What kindling motions in their breasts do fry .
Fairfax.
Fry Fry noun 1. A dish of anything fried. 2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry . [ Colloq.]
Fry Fry noun [ Middle English
fri ,
fry , seed, descendants, confer Old French
froye spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, from Latin
fricare tosub (see
Friction ), but confer also Icelandic
fræ ,
frjō , seed, Swedish & Danish
frö , Goth.
fraiw seed, descendants.]
1. (Zoology) The young of any fish. 2. A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general. The fry of children young.
Spenser. To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry .
Milton. We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small fry .
Walpole.
Frying Fry"ing noun The process denoted by the verb fry . Frying pan ,
an iron pan with a long handle, used for frying meat, vegetables, etc.
Frænulum Fræn"u·lum noun ;
plural Frænula . [ New Latin , dim. of Latin
fraenum a bridle.]
(Anat.) A frænum.
Frænum, Frenum Fræ"num, Fre"num noun ;
plural English
Frænums , Latin
Fræna . [ Latin , a bridle.]
(Anat.) A connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain any part; as, the frænum of the tongue.
Fräulein Fräu"lein noun sing. & plural [ G., dim. of
frau woman. See
Frau .]
In Germany, a young lady; an unmarried woman; -- as a title, equivalent to Miss .
Fu Fu noun [ Chin.]
A department in China comprising several hsein; also, the chief city of a department; -- often forming the last part of a name; as, Paoting- fu .
Fuage Fu"age noun Same as Fumage .
Fuar Fu"ar noun Same as Feuar .
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