Frip"per*y (?), a. Trifling; contemptible.
||Fri"seur' (?), n. [F., fr. friser to curl, frizzle. See Frizzle.] A
||hairdresser.
Fri"sian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province of the
Netherlands; Friesic.
Fri"sian, n. A native or inhabitant of Friesland; also, the language
spoken in Friesland. See Friesic, n.
Frisk (?), a. [OF. frieque, cf. OHG. frise lively, brisk, fresh, Dan. &
Sw. frisk, Icel. friskr. See Fresh, a.] Lively; brisk; frolicsome;
frisky. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Frisk, a. A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful
skip or leap. Johnson.
Frisk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frisked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Frisking.] To
leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety.
The frisking satyrs on the summits danced.
Addison.
Frisk"al (?), n. A leap or caper. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Frisker (?), n. One who frisks; one who leaps of dances in gayety; a
wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person. Camden.
Fris"ket (?), n. [F. frisguette. Perh. so named from the velocity or
frequency of its motion. See Frisk a.] (Print.) The light frame which
holds the sheet of paper to the tympan in printing.
Frisk"ful (?), a. Brisk; lively; frolicsome.
Frisk"i*ly' (?), adv. In a frisky manner.
Frisk"i*ness, n. State or quality of being frisky.
Frisk"y, a. Inclined to frisk; frolicsome; gay.
He is too frisky for an old man.
Jeffrey.
Fris"let (frz"lt), n. [Cf. Fraise a kind of defense; also Friz.] A kind
of small ruffle. Halliwell.
Frist (frst), v. t. [OE. fristen, firsten, to lend, give respite,
postpone, AS. firstan to give respite to; akin to first time, G. frist,
Icel. frest delay.] To sell upon credit, as goods. [R.] Crabb.
||Fri"sure` (?), n. [F.] The dressing of the hair by crisping or
||curling. Smollett.
Frit (?), n. [F. fritte, fr. frit fried, p. p. of frire to fry. See
Far, v. t.] 1. (Glass Making) The material of which glass is made,
after having been calcined or partly fused in a furnace, but before
vitrification. It is a composition of silex and alkali, occasionally
with other ingredients. Ure.