FRITILLARY, frit'il-lar-i, _n._ a genus of plants of the order _Liliaceæ_,
with drooping purple flowers: a species of butterfly. [L. _fritillus_, a
dice-box.]
FRITTER, frit'[.e]r, _n._ a piece of meat fried: a kind of pancake, a slice
of some fruit sweetened, fried, and served hot: a fragment.--_v.t._ to
break into fragments.--_n._ FRITT'ERER, one who wastes time. [O. Fr.
_friture_--L. _frig[)e]re_, _frictum_, to fry.]
FRIVOLOUS, friv'ol-us, _adj._ trifling: silly.--_n._ FRIVOL'ITY, act or
habit of trifling: levity.--_adv._ FRIV'OLOUSLY.--_n._ FRIV'OLOUSNESS. [Fr.
_frivole_--L. _frivolus_.]
FRIZZ, FRIZ, friz, _v.t._ to curl: to render rough and tangled.--_n._ a
curl, a wig.--_adjs._ FRIZZED, having the hair curled or crisped into
frizzes; FRIZZ'Y. [O. Fr. _friser_, to curl; perh. conn. with _frieze_,
cloth.]
FRIZZLE, friz'l, _v.t._ to form in small short curls.--_v.i._ to go into
curls.--_n._ a curl.--_ns._ FRIZETTE', FRISETTE', a cluster of small curls
worn over the forehead.--_adj._ FRIZZ'LY. [Related to _frizz_ and
_frieze_.]
FRO, fr[=o], _adv._ from: back or backward.--_prep._ (_obs._) from. [A
shortened form of _from_; but perh. directly derived from Ice. _frá_,
from.]
FROCK, frok, _n._ a wide-sleeved garment worn by monks: a loose upper
garment worn by men: a sailor's jersey: a gown worn by females: an undress
regimental coat.--_v.t._ to furnish with a frock: to invest with priestly
office.--_n._ FROCK'-COAT, a double-breasted full-skirted coat for
men.--_adj._ FROCKED, clothed in a frock.--_n._ FROCK'ING, cloth suitable
for frocks, coarse jean.--_adj._ FROCK'LESS, wanting a frock. [O. Fr.
_froc_, a monk's frock--Low L. _frocus_--L. _floccus_, a flock of wool; or
more prob. (acc. to Brachet and Littré) from Low L. _hrocus_--Old High Ger.
_hroch_ (Ger. _rock_), a coat.]
FROG, frog, _n._ a genus of tailless amphibians, with webbed feet,
remarkable for its rapid swimming and leaping: a soft, horny substance in
the middle of the sole of a horse's foot, forking towards the heel: a
section of a rail or rails at a point where two lines cross, or of a switch
from one line to another.--_ns._ FROG'-BIT, a small aquatic plant, allied
to the water-soldier, but with floating leaves; FROG'-EAT'ER, one who eats
frogs, a Frenchman; FROG'-FISH, a name for various fishes, esp. the angler;
FROG'GERY, frogs collectively: a place where frogs abound.--_adj._ FROG'GY,
having or abounding in frogs.--_ns._ FROG'-HOP'PER, FROG'-SPIT (see
FROTH-FLY); FROG'LING, a little frog.--FROG MARCH, a method of carrying a
refractory or drunken prisoner face downwards between four men, each
holding a limb. [A.S. _frogga_, _frox_; cog. with Ice. _froskr_; Ger.
_frosch_.]
FROG, frog, _n._ an ornamental fastening or tasselled button for a frock or
cloak.--_adj._ FROGGED, in uniforms, of ornamental stripes or workings of
braid or lace, mostly on the breast of a coat.
FROISE, froiz, _n._ a kind of pancake or omelette, often with slices of
bacon.--Also _Fraise_. [Fr.]
FROLIC, frol'ik, _adj._ merry: pranky.--_n._ gaiety: a wild prank: a
merry-making.--_v.i._ to play wild pranks or merry tricks: to
gambol:--_pr.p._ frol'icking; _pa.p._ frol'icked.--_adj._ FROL'ICSOME, gay:
sportive.--_adv._ FROL'ICSOMELY.--_n._ FROL'ICSOMENESS. [Dut. _vrolijk_,
merry; cf. Ger. _fröhlich_, joyful, gay.]
FROM, from, _prep._ forth: out of, as from a source: away: at a distance:
springing out of: by reason of. [A.S. _fram_, _from_; akin to Goth. _fram_,
Ice. _frá_.]
FROND, frond, _n._ (_bot._) a leaf-like expansion in many cryptogamous
plants, organs in which the functions of stem and leaf are
combined.--_adjs._ FROND'ED, having fronds; FROND'ENT, leafy.--_n._
FRONDES'CENCE, act of putting forth leaves: the season for putting forth
leaves.--_adjs._ FRONDES'CENT, springing into leaf; FRONDIF'EROUS, bearing
or producing fronds; FRONDOSE', covered with fronds. [L. _frons_,
_frondis_, a leaf.]
FRONDE, frond, _n._ the name given to certain factions in France during the
minority of Louis XIV., hostile to the court and the minister
Mazarin.--_n._ FROND'EUR, a member of the Fronde: an irreconcilable. [Fr.,
a sling--L. _funda_.]
FRONT, frunt, _n._ the forehead: the whole face: the forepart of anything:
a kind of wig worn by ladies: the most conspicuous part: boldness:
impudence.--_adj._ of, relating to, or in the front.--_v.t._ to stand in
front of or opposite: to oppose face to face.--_v.i._ to stand in front or
foremost: to turn the front or face in any direction.--_n._ FRONT'AGE, the
front part of a building.--_adj._ FRONT'AL, of or belonging to the front or
forehead.--_n._ a front-piece: something worn on the forehead or face:
(_archit._) a pediment over a door or window: a hanging of silk, satin,
&c., embroidered for an altar--now usually covering only the top, the
_superfrontal_--formerly covering the whole of the front, corresponding to
the _antependium_.--_adjs._ FRONT'ATE, -D (_bot._), growing broader and
broader: (_zool._) having a prominent frons or forehead; FRONT'ED, formed
with a front; FRONT'LESS, void of shame or modesty.--_adv._
FRONT'LESSLY.--_n._ FRONT'LET, a band worn on the forehead.--_advs._
FRONT'WARD, -S, towards the front.--COME TO THE FRONT, to become
conspicuous: to attain an important position; IN FRONT OF, before. [O.
Fr.,--L. _frons_, _frontis_, the forehead.]
FRONTIER, front'[=e]r, _n._ the boundary of a territory: (_Shak._) an
outwork.--_adj._ lying on the frontier: bordering.--_v.t._ (_Spens._) to
place on the frontier.--_n._ FRONT'IERSMAN, one settled on the borders of a
country. [O. Fr. _frontier_--L. _frons_.]
FRONTISPIECE, front'i-sp[=e]s, _n._ (_archit._) the principal face of a
building: a figure or engraving in front of a book.--_v.t._ to put as a
frontispiece, to furnish with such. [Fr.,--Low L. _frontispicium_--frons,
forehead, _spec[)e]re_, to see; not conn. with _piece_.]