Freedom fine, a sum paid on entry to incorporations of trades. --
Freedom of the city, the possession of the rights and privileges of a
freeman of the city; formerly often, and now occasionally, conferred on
one not a resident, as a mark of honorary distinction for public
services.
Syn. -- See Liberty.
Freed"stool` (?), n. [Obs.] See Fridstol.
Free"-hand` (?), a. Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance
of instruments; as, free- hand drawing. See under Drawing.
Free"-hand`ed, a. Open-handed; liberal.
Free"-heart`ed (?), a. Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as,
free-hearted mirth. -- Free"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Free"-heart`ed*ness,
n.
Free"hold` (?), n. (LAw) An estate in real property, of inheritance (in
fee simple or fee tail) or for life; or the tenure by which such estate
is held. Kent. Burrill.
To abate into a freehold. See under Abate.
Free"hold`er (?), n. (Law) The possessor of a freehold.
Free"-liv`er (?), n. One who gratifies his appetites without stint; one
given to indulgence in eating and drinking.
Free"-liv`ing, n. Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites.
Free"-love` (?), n. The doctrine or practice of consorting with the
opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage.
Free"-lov`er, n. One who believes in or practices free-love.
Freel"te (?), n. Frailty. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Free"ly, adv. [AS. freÛlice.] In a free manner; without restraint or
compulsion; abundantly; gratuitously.
Of every tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat.
Gen. ii. 16.
Freely ye have received, freely give.
Matt. x. 8.
Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell.
Milton.
Freely we serve Because we freely love.
Milton.
Syn. -- Independently; voluntarily; spontaneously; unconditionally;
unobstructedly; willingly; readily; liberally; generously; bounteously;
munificently; bountifully; abundantly; largely; copiously; plentifully;
plenteously.
Free"man (?), n.; pl. Freemen (#). [AS. freÛman; freÛfree + mann man.]
1. One who enjoys liberty, or who is not subject to the will of
another; one not a slave or vassal.
2. A member of a corporation, company, or city, possessing certain
privileges; a member of a borough, town, or State, who has the right to
vote at elections. See Liveryman. Burrill.
Both having been made freemen on the same day.
Addison.
Free"-mar`tin (?), n. (Zoˆl.) An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a
male.
Free"ma`son (?), n. One of an ancient and secret association or
fraternity, said to have been at first composed of masons or builders
in stone, but now consisting of persons who are united for social
enjoyment and mutual assistance.
Free`ma*son"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the institutions
or the practices of freemasons; as, a freemasonic signal.
Free"ma`son*ry (?), n. The institutions or the practices of freemasons.
Free"-mill`ing (?), a. Yielding free gold or silver; -- said of certain
ores which can be reduced by crushing and amalgamation, without
roasting or other chemical treatment. Raymond.
Free"-mind`ed (?), a. Not perplexed; having a mind free from care.
Bacon.
Free"ness, n. The state or quality of being free; freedom; liberty;
openness; liberality; gratuitousness.
Fre"er (?), n. One who frees, or sets free.
Free"-soil` (?), a. Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of
slavery; -- esp. applied to a party which was active during the period
1846-1856. [U.S.] -- Free"soil`er (#), n. [U.S.] -- Free"- soil`ism
(#), n. [U.S.]
Free"-spo`ken (?), a. Accustomed to speak without reserve. Bacon.
-- Free"-spo`ken-ness, n.
Free"stone` (?), n. A stone composed of sand or grit; -- so called
because it is easily cut or wrought.
Free"stone`, a. Having the flesh readily separating from the stone, as
in certain kinds of peaches.
Free"-swim`ming (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Swimming in the open sea; -- said of
certain marine animals.
Free"think`er (?), n. One who speculates or forms opinions
independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or
religion, one who forms opinions independently of the authority of
revelation or of the church; an unbeliever; -- a term assumed by deists
and skeptics in the eighteenth century.
Atheist is an old-fashioned word: I'm a freethinker, child.
Addison.
Syn. -- Infidel; skeptic; unbeliever. See Infidel.
Free"think`ing, n. Undue boldness of speculation; unbelief. Berkeley.
-- a. Exhibiting undue boldness of speculation; skeptical.
Free"-tongued` (?), a. Speaking without reserve. Bp. Hall.
Free will (?). 1. A will free from improper coercion or restraint.
To come thus was I not constrained, but did On my free will.
Shak.
2. The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without
the restraints of physical or absolute necessity.
Free"will` (?), a. Of or pertaining to free will; voluntary;
spontaneous; as, a freewill offering.
Freewill Baptists. See under Baptist.
Freez"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being frozen.