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 .