Shak.
Frush, a. Easily broken; brittle; crisp.
Frush, n. Noise; clatter; crash. [R.] Southey.
Frush, n. [Cf. OE. frosch, frosk, a frog (the animal), G. frosch frog
(the animal), also carney or lampass of horses. See Frog, n., 2.] 1.
(Far.) The frog of a horse's foot.
2. A discharge of a fetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's
foot; -- also caled thrush.
Frus"tra*ble (?), a. [L. frustrabilis: cf. F. frustable.] Capable of
beeing frustrated or defeated.
Frus*tra"ne*ous (?), a. [See Frustrate, a.] Vain; useless;
unprofitable. [Obs.] South.
Frus"trate (?), a. [L. frustratus, p. p. of frustrare, frustrari, to
deceive, frustrate, fr. frustra in vain, witout effect, in erorr, prob.
for frudtra and akin to fraus, E. fraud.] Vain; ineffectual; useless;
unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. "Our frustrate
search." Shak.
Frus"trate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frustrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Frustrating.] 1. To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a
purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan,
design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose.
Shall the adversary thus obtain His end and frustrate thine ?
Milton.
2. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to
frustrate a conveyance or deed.
Syn. -- To balk; thwart; foil; baffle; defeat.
Frus"trate*ly (?), adv. In vain. [Obs.] Vicars.
Frus*tra"tion (?), n. [L. frustratio: cf. OF. frustration.] The act of
frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's
designs
Frus"tra*tive (?), a. Tending to defeat; fallacious. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
Frus"tra*to*ry (?), a. [L. frustratorius: cf. F. frustratoire.] Making
void; rendering null; as, a frustratory appeal. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
Frus"tule (?), n. [L. frustulum, dim. fr. frustum a piece: cf. F.
frustule.] (Bot.) The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of
two valves, one overlapping the other, like a pill box and its cover.
Frus"tu*lent (?), a. [L. frustulentus. See Frustule.] Abounding in
fragments. [R.]
||Frus"tum (?), n.; pl. L. Frusta (#), E. Frustums (#). [L. fruslum
||piece, bit.]
1. (Geom.) The part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting off
the, top; or the part of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, etc.,
between two planes, which may be either parallel or inclined to each
other.