Frag"ment*ed (?), a. Broken into fragments.
Frag"ment*ist, n. A writer of fragments; as, the fragmentist of
Wolfenb¸ttel. [R.]
||Fra"gor (&?;), n. [L., a breaking to pieces, fr. frangere to break.]
||1. A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.
||I. Watts.
2. [Due to confusion with fragrant.] A strong or sweet scent. [Obs. &
Illegitimate.] Sir T. Herbert.
{ Fra"grance (?), Fra"gran*cy (?) }, n. [L. fragrantia: cf. OF.
fragrance.] The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet
smell; a pleasing odor; perfume.
Eve separate he spies, Veiled in a cloud of fragrance.
Milton.
The goblet crowned, Breathed aromatic fragrancies around.
Pope.
Fra"grant (?), a. [L. fragrans. -antis, p. pr. of fragrare to emit a
smell of fragrance: cf. OF. fragrant.] Affecting the olfactory nerves
agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable
perfume.
Fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers.
Milton.
Syn. -- Sweet-smelling; odorous; odoriferous; sweet- scented; redolent;
ambrosial; balmy; spicy; aromatic.
-- Fra"grant*ly, adv.
Fraight (?), a. Same as Fraught. [Obs.] Spenser.
Frail (?), n. [OE. fraiel, fraile, OF. fraiel, freel, frael, fr. LL.
fraellum.] A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs
and raisins.
2. The quantity of raisins -- about thirty- two, fifty-six, or
seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.