FRESCO, fres'k[=o], _n._ a painting executed with colours, consisting
chiefly of natural earths, upon walls covered with damp freshly-laid
plaster.--_v.t._ to paint in fresco:--_pr.p._ fres'c[=o]ing; _pa.p._
fres'c[=o]ed.--_adj._ FRES'COED.--_ns._ FRES'COER; FRES'COING; FRES'COIST.
[It. _fresco_, fresh.]
FRESH, fresh, _adj._ in a state of activity and health: new and strong, not
stale or faded: recently produced or obtained: untried: having renewed
vigour: healthy, refreshing, invigorating: brisk: (_slang_) tipsy: not
salt.--_n._ (_Shak._) a small stream of fresh water: (_Scot._) a thaw, open
weather.--_adj._ FRESH'-BLOWN, newly blown, as a flower.--_v.t._ FRESH'EN,
to make fresh: to take the saltness from.--_v.i._ to grow fresh: to grow
brisk or strong.--_ns._ FRESH'ENER; FRESH'ET, a pool or stream of fresh
water: the sudden overflow of a river from rain or melted snow.--_adj._
FRESH'ISH.--_adv._ FRESH'LY.--_ns._ FRESH'MAN, one in the rudiments of
knowledge, esp. a university student in his first year--also FRESH'ER;
FRESH'MANSHIP, FRESH'ERDOM.--_adj._ FRESH'-NEW (_Shak._), unpractised,
wholly unacquainted; FRESH'WA'TER, of or pertaining to water not salt:
accustomed to sail only on fresh water--hence unskilled, raw. [A.S.
_fersc_; cf. Dut. _versch_, Ger. _frisch_.]
FRET, fret, _v.t._ to wear away by rubbing, to rub, chafe, ripple, disturb:
to eat into: to vex, to irritate.--_v.i._ to wear away: to vex one's self:
to be peevish:--_pr.p._ fret'ting; _pa.p._ fret'ted, (_B._) fret.--_n._
agitation of the surface of a liquid: irritation: the worn side of the
banks of a river.--_adj._ FRET'FUL, peevish.--_adv._ FRET'FULLY.--_n._
FRET'FULNESS.--_p.adj._ FRET'TING, vexing.--_n._ peevishness. [A.S.
_fretan_, to gnaw--pfx. _for-_, inten., and _etan_, to eat; Ger.
_fressen_.]
FRET, fret, _v.t._ to ornament with raised work: to variegate:--_pr.p._
fret'ting; _pa.p._ fret'ted. [O. Fr. _freter_.]
FRET, fret, _n._ a piece of interlaced ornamental work: (_archit._) an
ornament consisting of small fillets intersecting each other at right
angles: (_her._) bars crossed and interlaced.--_ns._ FRET'-SAW, a saw with
a narrow blade and fine teeth, used for fret-work, scroll-work, &c.;
FRETTE, a hoop for strengthening a cannon shrunk on its breach.--_adjs._
FRET'TED, FRET'TY, ornamented with frets.--_n._ FRET'-WORK, ornamental work
consisting of a combination of frets, perforated work. [O. Fr. _frete_,
trellis-work.]
FRET, fret, _n._ a short wire on the finger-board of a guitar or other
instrument.--_v.t._ to furnish with frets. [Prob. same as the above.]
FRIABLE, fr[=i]'a-bl, _adj._ apt to crumble: easily reduced to
powder.--_ns._ FR[=I]'ABLENESS, FRIABIL'ITY. [Fr.,--L.
_friabilis_--_fri[=a]re_, _fri[=a]tum_, to crumble.]
FRIAR, fr[=i]'ar, _n._ a member of one of the mendicant monastic orders in
the R.C. Church--the Franciscans (_Friars Minor_ or _Gray Friars_),
Dominicans (_Friars Major_, _Friars Preachers_, or _Black Friars_),
Carmelites (_White Friars_), and Augustinians (_Austin Friars_).--_adj._
FR[=I]'ARLY, like a friar.--_n._ FR[=I]'ARY, a monastery.--FRIARS' BALSAM
(see BENZOIN); FRIAR'S CAP, the wolf's-bane; FRIAR'S COWL, the wake-robin;
FRIAR'S LANTERN, the ignis-fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp. [O. Fr. _frere_--L.
_frater_, a brother.]
FRIBBLE, frib'l, _v.i._ to trifle.--_n._ a trifler.--_ns._ FRIBB'LEDOM;
FRIBB'LEISM; FRIBB'LER.--_adj._ FRIBB'LISH, trifling. [Onomatopoeic; prob.
influenced by _frivol_.]
FRICANDEAU, frik-an-d[=o]', _n._ a thick slice of veal, &c., larded. [Fr.,
perh. from _friand_, dainty, nice, and perh. ult. conn. with _fricassee_.]
FRICASSEE, frik-as-s[=e]', _n._ a dish made of fowl, rabbit, &c. cut into
pieces and cooked in sauce.--_v.t._ to dress as a fricassee:--_pr.p._
fricassee'ing; _pa.p._ fricasseed'. [Fr. _fricassée_; origin unknown.]
FRICTION, frik'shun, _n._ the act of rubbing: (_statics_) a force acting in
the tangent plane of two bodies, when one slides or rolls upon another, and
always in a direction opposite to that in which the moving body tends:
difficulty, unpleasantness.--_adjs._ FRIC'ATIVE, produced by friction, used
of those consonants which are produced by the breath being forced through a
narrow opening; FRIC'TIONAL, relating to, moved by, or produced by
friction.--_n._ FRIC'TION-GEAR'ING, a method of imparting the motion of one
wheel or pulley to another by mere contact.--_adj._ FRIC'TIONLESS, having
no friction.--_n.pl._ FRIC'TION-WHEELS, wheels that lessen friction.
[Fr.,--L. _frictionem_--_fric[=a]re_, _frictum_, to rub.]
FRIDAY, fr[=i]'d[=a], _n._ the sixth day of the week.--BLACK FRIDAY, Good
Friday, from the black vestments of the clergy and altar in the Western
Church: any Friday marked by a great calamity; GOOD FRIDAY, the Friday
before Easter, kept in commemoration of the Crucifixion; HOLY FRIDAY,
Friday in an ember-week--also GOLDEN FRIDAY, sometimes put for Good Friday
itself. [A.S. _Frígedæg_, day of (the goddess) _Fríg_--Latinised
_Frigga_--wife of Odin.]
FRIDGE, frij, _v.t._ (_Sterne_) to rub or fray.
FRIED, fr[=i]d, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _fry_.
FRIEND, frend, _n._ one loving or attached to another: an intimate
acquaintance: a favourer: one of a society so called: (_Scot._) a
relative.--_v.t._ (_obs._) to befriend.--_adj._ FRIEND'ED, supplied with
friends.--_n._ FRIEND'ING (_Shak._), friendliness.--_adj._ FRIEND'LESS,
without friends: destitute.--_n._ FRIEND'LESSNESS.--_adv._
FRIEND'LILY.--_n._ FRIEND'LINESS.--_adj._ FRIEND'LY, like a friend: having
the disposition of a friend: favourable: pertaining to the Friends or
Quakers.--_n._ FRIEND'SHIP, attachment from mutual esteem: friendly
assistance.--FRIENDLY SOCIETIES, or _Benefit societies_, associations,
chiefly among mechanics, &c., for relief during sickness, old age,
widowhood, by provident insurance.--BE FRIENDS WITH, to be on intimate or
friendly relations with; HAVE A FRIEND AT COURT, to have a friend in a
position where his influence is likely to prove useful; SOCIETY OF FRIENDS,
the designation proper of a sect of Christians better known as Quakers.
[A.S. _fréond_, pr.p. of _fréon_, to love; Ger. _freund_.]
FRIER, fr[=i]'[.e]r, _n._ (_Milt._) a friar.
FRIEZE, fr[=e]z, _n._ a coarse woollen cloth with a nap on one
side.--_adj._ FRIEZED, napped. [Fr. _frise_.]
FRIEZE, fr[=e]z, _n._ (_archit._) the part of the entablature between the
architrave and cornice, often ornamented with figures.--_v.t._ to put a
frieze on. [O. Fr. _frize_; It. _fregio_; perh. L. _Phrygium_, Phrygian.]
FRIGATE, frig'[=a]t, _n._ in the Royal Navy, formerly a vessel in the class
next to ships of the line, carrying 28 to 60 guns on the maindeck and a
raised quarter-deck and forecastle--not now denoting a distinct class of
vessels.--_ns._ FRIG'ATE-BIRD, a large tropical sea-bird, with very long
wings; FRIGATOON', a small Venetian vessel with square stern and two masts.
[O. Fr. _fregate_--It. _fregata_; ety. dub.]
FRIGHT, fr[=i]t, _n._ sudden fear: terror: anything inspiring terror or
alarm, a figure of grotesque or ridiculous appearance.--_vs.t._ FRIGHT,
FRIGHT'EN, to make afraid: to alarm.--_adjs._ FRIGHT'ABLE, FRIGHT'ENABLE,
timid; FRIGHT'FUL, terrible: shocking.--_adv._ FRIGHT'FULLY.--_n._
FRIGHT'FULNESS.--_adj._ FRIGHT'SOME, frightful: feeling fright. [A.S.
_fyrhto_; cf. Ger. _furcht_, fear.]
FRIGID, frij'id, _adj._ frozen or stiffened with cold: cold: without spirit
or feeling: unanimated.--_n._ FRIGID'ITY, coldness: coldness of affection:
want of animation.--_adv._ FRIG'IDLY.--_n._ FRIG'IDNESS.--_adj._
FRIGORIF'IC, causing cold.--FRIGID ZONES, the parts of the earth's surface
within the circle drawn with the poles as centre, and a radius of 23½
degrees. [L. _frigidus_--_frig[=e]re_, to be cold--_frigus_, cold.]
FRIGOT, frig'ot, _n._ (_Spens._). Same as FRIGATE.