||Fri`can`deau" (?), ||Fric`an*do" (&?;), n. [F. fricandeau; cf. Sp.
||fricandÛ.] A ragout or fricassee of veal; a fancy dish of veal or of
||boned turkey, served as an entrÈe, - - called also fricandel. A. J.
||Cooley.
Fric"as*see` (?), n. [F. fricassÈe, fr. fricasser to fry, fricassee;
cf. LL. fricare, perh. for frictare, fricare, frictum, to rub. Cf. Fry,
Friction.] A dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small animals
cut into pieces, and stewed in a gravy.
Fric"as*see`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fricasseed (?); p. pr. &. vb. n.
Fricasseeing.] To dress like a fricassee.
Fri*ca"tion (?), n. [L. fricatio, fr. fricare, fricatum, to rub. ]
Friction. [Obs.] Bacon.
Fric"a*tive (?), a. [See Frication.] (Phon.) Produced by the friction
or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow
opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close
approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of
articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; --
said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc. -- n. A
fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, ßß
197-206, etc.
Fric"a*trice (?), n. [Cf. L. frictrix, fr. fricare to rub.] A lewd
woman; a harlot. [Obs.] B. Jonson.