FROWARD, fr[=o]'ward, _adj._ (_Spens._) turned from: self-willed: perverse:
unreasonable--opp. to _Toward_.--_adv._ FR[=O]'WARDLY.--_n._
FR[=O]'WARDNESS. [A.S. _fra_, away, with affix _-ward_.]
FROWN, frown, _v.i._ to wrinkle the brow as in anger: to look
angry.--_v.t._ to repel by a frown.--_n._ a wrinkling or contraction of the
brow in displeasure, &c.: a stern look.--_adj._ FROWN'ING, gloomy.--_adv._
FROWN'INGLY. [From O. Fr. _froignier_ (mod. _refrogner_), to knit the brow;
origin unknown.]
FROWY, frow'i, _adj._ (_Spens._) musty, rancid.
FROWZY, frow'zi, _adj._ rough and tangled.--Also FROW'SY. [Perh. conn. with
_frounce_.]
FROZEN, fr[=o]z'n, _pa.p._ of _freeze_.
FRUCTIDOR, fruk-ti-d[=o]r', _n._ the twelfth month in the French
revolutionary calendar, Aug. 18-Sept. 16. [Fr.,--L. _fructus_, fruit; Gr.
_d[=o]ron_, a gift.]
FRUCTIFY, fruk'ti-f[=i], _v.t._ to make fruitful: to fertilise.--_v.i._ to
bear fruit.--_adj._ FRUCT'ED (_her._), bearing fruit.--_n._ FRUCTES'CENCE,
the time for the ripening of fruit.--_adj._ FRUCTIF'EROUS, bearing
fruit.--_ns._ FRUCTIFIC[=A]'TION, act of fructifying, or producing fruit:
(_bot._) a term denoting sometimes the whole reproductive system, sometimes
the 'fruit' itself; FRUC'TOSE, fruit sugar or levulose; FRUC'TUARY, one
enjoying the fruits of anything.--_adj._ FRUC'TUOUS, full of fruit.
[Fr.,--L.,--_fructus_, fruit.]
FRUGAL, fr[=oo]'gal, _adj._ economical in the use of means: thrifty.--_ns._
FRU'GALIST, one who is frugal; FRUGAL'ITY, economy: thrift.--_adv._
FRU'GALLY. [L. _frugalis_--_frugi_, fit for food--_frux_, _frugis_, fruit.]
FRUGIFEROUS, fr[=oo]-jif'[.e]r-us, _adj._ fruit-bearing.--_adj._
FRUGIV'OROUS, feeding on fruits or seeds. [L. _frux_, _frugis_--_ferre_, to
carry, _vor[=a]re_, to eat.]
FRUIT, fr[=oo]t, _n._ the produce of the earth, which supplies the wants of
men and animals: the part of a plant which contains the seed: the offspring
of animals: product, consequence, effect, advantage--(_Spens._)
FRUICT.--_v.i._ to produce fruit.--_ns._ FRUIT'AGE, fruit collectively:
fruits; FRUIT'-BUD, a bud that produces fruit; FRUIT'-CAKE, a cake
containing raisins, &c.; FRUIT'ERER, one who deals in fruit:--_fem._
FRUIT'ERESS; FRUIT'ERY, a place for storing fruit: fruitage.--_adj._
FRUIT'FUL, producing fruit abundantly: productive.--_adv._
FRUIT'FULLY.--_ns._ FRUIT'FULNESS; FRUIT'ING, process of bearing fruit;
FRUIT'-KNIFE, a knife with a blade of silver, &c., for cutting
fruit.--_adj._ FRUIT'LESS, barren: without profit: useless.--_adv._
FRUIT'LESSLY.--_ns._ FRUIT'LESSNESS; FRUIT'-TREE, a tree yielding edible
fruit.--_adj._ FRUIT'Y, like, or tasting like, fruit.--SMALL FRUITS,
strawberries, currants, &c. [O. Fr. _fruit_, _fruict_--L.
_fructus_--_frui_, _fructus_, to enjoy.]
FRUITION, fr[=oo]-ish'un, _n._ enjoyment: use or possession of anything,
esp. accompanied with pleasure.--_adj._ FRU'ITIVE, of or pertaining to
fruition. [O. Fr. _fruition_--L. _frui_, to enjoy.]
FRUMENTATION, fr[=oo]-men-t[=a]'shun, _n._ a largess of grain bestowed on
the starving or turbulent people in ancient Rome.--_adjs._
FRUMENT[=A]'CEOUS, made of or resembling wheat or other grain;
FRUMENT[=A]'RIOUS, pertaining to corn. [L.
_frumentation-em_--_frument[=a]ri_, to provide with corn--_frumentum_,
corn.]
FRUMENTY, fr[=oo]'men-ti, _n._ food made of hulled wheat boiled in
milk.--Also FUR'METY. [O. Fr. _frumentee_, wheat boiled--_frument_--L.
_frumentum_.]
FRUMP, frump, _n._ a dowdy and cross-grained woman: (_obs._) a flout or
snub.--_v.t._ (_obs._) to snub.--_adjs._ FRUMP'ISH, FRUMP'Y, sour-tempered:
ill-dressed.
FRUMPLE, frum'pl, _v.t._ (_prov._) to wrinkle.
FRUSH, frush, _v.t._ (_Shak._) to break, bruise, or crush.--_adj._ broken
or crushed: brittle.--_n._ an onset, attack. [O. Fr. _froissier_, to
bruise--L. _frustum_, fragment.]
FRUSH, frush, _n._ (_prov._) the frog of a horse's foot: a disease in that
part of a horse's foot.
FRUSTRATE, frus'tr[=a]t, _v.t._ to make vain or of no effect: to bring to
nothing: to defeat.--_p.adj._ vain, ineffectual, defeated.--_adj._
FRUS'TRABLE, capable of being frustrated.--_n._ FRUSTR[=A]'TION,
disappointment: defeat.--_adjs._ FRUS'TRATIVE, tending to frustrate;
FRUS'TRATORY, disappointing. [L. _frustr[=a]ri_,
_frustr[=a]tus_--_frustra_, in vain.]
FRUSTULE, frus't[=u]l, _n._ the siliceous two-valved shell of a diatom,
with its contents.
FRUSTUM, frus'tum, _n._ a slice of a solid body: the part of a cone which
remains when the top is cut off by a plane parallel to the base. [L.
_frustum_, a bit.]
FRUTESCENT, fr[=oo]-tes'ent, _adj._ becoming shrubby; FRU'TEX, a
shrub.--_adjs._ FRU'TICOSE, FRU'TICOUS, shrub-like: shrubby; FRUTIC'ULOSE,
like a small shrub. [L. _frutesc[)e]re_--_frutex_, _fruticis_, a shrub.]
FRUTIFY, fr[=oo]'ti-f[=i], _v.t._ and _v.i._ (_Shak._)=FRUCTIFY.
FRY, fr[=i], _v.t._ to dress food with oil or fat in a pan over the fire:
to vex.--_v.i._ to undergo the action of heat in a frying-pan: to simmer:
(_Spens._) to boil:--_pr.p._ fry'ing; _pa.p._ fried.--_n._ a dish of
anything fried.--_n._ FRY'ING-PAN, a flat iron vessel or pan for frying
with.--OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN INTO THE FIRE, out of one evil or danger
merely to fall into a greater. [Fr. _frire_--L. _frig[)e]re_; cf. Gr.
_phrygein_.]
FRY, fr[=i], _n._ a swarm of fishes just spawned: a number of small
things.--SMALL FRY, small things collectively, persons or things of little
importance. [M. E. _fri_--Ice. _frió_; Dan. and Sw. _frö_.]
FUAR. Same as FEUAR.
FUB, fub, _v.t._ (_Shak._) to put off, to cheat: to steal.--_n._ FUB'BERY
(_obs._), deception.--FUB OFF, to put off or evade by a trick or a lie.
[See FOB.]