Frith, n. [OE. frith peace, protection, land inclosed for hunting,
park, forest, AS. fri peace; akin to freno peace, protection, asylum,
G. friede peace, Icel. frir, and from the root of E. free, friend. See
Free, a., and cf. Affray, Defray.] 1. A forest; a woody place. [Obs.]
Drayton.
2. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure.
[Obs.] Sir J. Wynne.
Frith"y (?), a. Woody. [Obs.] Skelton.
||Frit"il*la`ri*a (?), n. [NL., fr. L. fritillus dicebox: cf. F.
||fritillaire. So named from the checkered markings of the petals.]
||(Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial
||(Fritillaria imperialis) is one species, and the Guinea-hen flower
||(F. Meleagris) another. See Crown-imperial.
Frit"il*la*ry (?), n. 1. (Bot.) A plant with checkered petals, of the
genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria.
2. (Zoˆl.) One of several species of butterflies belonging to Argynnis
and allied genera; -- so called because the coloring of their wings
resembles that of the common Fritillaria. See Aphrodite.
Frit"i*nan*cy (?), n. [L. fritinnire to twitter.] A chirping or
creaking, as of a cricket. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Frit"ter (?), n. [OR. fritour, friture, pancake, F. friture frying, a
thing fried, from frire to fry. See Far, v. t.] 1. A small quantity of
batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of
various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as,
apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters.