FOY, foi, _n._ (_prov._) a parting entertainment.
FOYER, fwo-y[=a]', _n._ in theatres, a public room opening on the lobby.
[Fr.,--L. _focus_, hearth.]
FOZY, f[=o]z'i, _adj._ (_Scot._) spongy.--_n._ FOZ'INESS, softness, want of
spirit. [Cf. Dut. _voos_, spongy.]
FRAB, frab, _v.t._ to worry.--_adj._ FRAB'BIT, peevish.
FRACAS, fra-kä', _n._ uproar: a noisy quarrel. [Fr.,--It.
_fracasso_--_fracassare_, to make an uproar.]
FRACTION, frak'shun, _n._ a fragment or very small piece: (_arith._) any
part of a unit: a technical term to indicate the breaking of the bread in
the sacrifice of the Eucharist.--_v.t._ FRACT (_Shak._), to break, to
violate.--_adjs._ FRACT'ED (_her._), having a part displaced, as if broken;
FRAC'TIONAL, belonging to or containing a fraction or fractions;
FRAC'TIONARY, fractional: unimportant.--_v.t._ FRAC'TIONATE, to separate
the elements of a mixture by distillation or otherwise.--_n._
FRACTION[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ FRAC'TIONISE, to break up into fractions.--_n._
FRAC'TIONLET, a small fraction.--_adj._ FRAC'TIOUS, ready to quarrel:
cross.--_adv._ FRAC'TIOUSLY.--_ns._ FRAC'TIOUSNESS; FRAC'TURE, the breaking
of any hard body: the breach or part broken: the breaking of a
bone.--_v.t._ to break through.--COMPOUND, COMMINUTED, COMPLICATED FRACTURE
(see the respective adjectives); GREENSTICK FRACTURE, a fracture where the
bone is partly broken, partly bent, occurring in the limbs of children;
SIMPLE FRACTURE, a fracture when the bone only is divided. [O. Fr.
_fraccion_--L. _fraction-em_--_frang[)e]re_, _fractum_, to break.]
FRAGARIA, fr[=a]-g[=a]'ri-a, _n._ a genus of perennial plants with creeping
stolons, the fruit the strawberry. [L. _fragum_, the strawberry.]
FRAGILE, fraj'il, _adj._ easily broken: frail: delicate.--_n._ FRAGIL'ITY,
the state of being fragile. [Fr.,--L. _fragilis_, _frang[)e]re_, to break.]
FRAGMENT, frag'ment, _n._ a piece broken off: an unfinished
portion.--_adj._ FRAG'MENTAL (also -ment').--_adv._ FRAG'MENTARILY.--_n._
FRAG'MENTARINESS.--_adjs._ FRAG'MENTARY, FRAG'MENTED, consisting of
fragments or pieces: broken. [Fr.,--L. _fragmentum_, _frang[)e]re_, to
break.]