FRILL, fril, _v.i._ to ruffle, as a hawk its feathers, when
shivering.--_v.t._ to furnish with a frill.--_n._ a ruffle: a ruffled or
crimped edging of linen.--_ns._ FRILLED'-LIZ'ARD, a lizard with an
extraordinary frilled membrane attached to the hinder part of the head,
neck, and chest, and covering its shoulders; FRILL'ING, frilled edging.
[Usually conn. with O. Fr. _friller_, to shiver; but prob. related to
_furl_.]
FRIMAIRE, fr[=e]-m[=a]r', _n._ the third month of the French revolutionary
calendar, Nov. 21-Dec. 20. [Fr. _frimas_, frost.]
FRINGE, frinj, _n._ loose threads forming an ornamental border: anything
like a fringe, even a girl's hair cut in front and falling over the brow:
the extremity.--_v.t._ to adorn with fringe: to border.--_adjs._ FRINGED;
FRINGE'LESS; FRING'ENT, fringing.--_n._ FRINGE'-TREE, in the United States,
a large shrub with very numerous snow-white flowers in panicled
racemes.--_adj._ FRING'Y, ornamented with fringes. [O. Fr. _frenge_--L.
_fimbria_, threads, fibres, akin to _fibra_, a fibre.]
FRINGILLACEOUS, frin-ji-l[=a]'shi-us, _adj._ pertaining to the finches or
_Fringillidæ_.--Also FRINGIL'LIFORM, FRINGIL'LINE. [L. _fringilla_.]
FRIPPERY, frip'[.e]r-i, _n._ worn-out clothes: the place where old clothes
are sold: useless trifles.--_adj._ useless: trifling.--_n._ FRIPP'ER, one
who deals in old clothes. [O. Fr. _freperie_, _frepe_, a rag.]
FRISETTE. See FRIZZLE.
FRISEUR, fris-[.e]r', _n._ a hair-dresser.--_n._ FRIS'URE, mode of curling
the hair. [Fr. _friser_, to curl.]
FRISIAN, friz'i-an, _adj._ and _n._ pertaining to the people of
_Friesland_, or to their language.--Also FRIES'IAN, FRIES'IC, FRIES'ISH.
FRISK, frisk, _v.i._ to gambol: to leap playfully.--_n._ a frolic.--_n._
FRISK'ER.--_adj._ FRISK'FUL, brisk, lively.--_adv._ FRISK'ILY.--_n._
FRISK'INESS.--_adj._ FRISK'ING.--_adv._ FRISK'INGLY.--_adj._ FRISK'Y,
lively: jumping with gaiety: frolicsome. [O. Fr. _frisque_; acc. to Skeat,
from Ice. _frískr_, Sw. and Dan. _frisk_.]
FRISKET, frisk'[.e]t, _n._ (_print._) the light frame between the tympan
and the form, to hold in place the sheet to be printed. [Fr. _frisquette_.]
FRIT, frit, _n._ the mixed materials of which glass is made, after being
heated until they fuse partially without melting.--_v.t._ to fuse partially
without melting:--_pr.p._ _frit'ting_; _pa.p._ frit'ted. [Fr. _fritte_--It.
_fritta_.--L. _frig[)e]re_, _frictum_, to roast.]
FRIT, frit, _n._ a small fly destructive to wheat.
FRITH, frith, FIRTH, f[.e]rth, _n._ a narrow inlet of the sea, esp. at a
river-mouth. [Ice. _fiörðr_; Norw. _fiord_.]
FRITH, frith, _n._ peace.--_ns._ FRITH'BORG (_A.S. law_), one of the
tithings or groups of ten men into which the hundred was divided, the
members of each being accountable for a fellow-member's misdeeds;
FRITH'GILD, a union of neighbours pledged to one another for the
preservation of peace; FRITH'SOKEN, the jurisdiction to punish for breaches
of the peace; FRITH'STOOL, a chair of sanctuary, placed near the altar in a
church--as at Hexham and Beverley. [A.S. _frith_, peace; Ger. _friede_.]