Webster's Dictionary 1828

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FRANION

FRAN'ION, noun A paramour, or a boon companion. [Not used.]

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FRANK

FRANK, adjective1. Open; ingenuous; candid; free in uttering real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise. Young persons are usually frank; old persons are more reserved.2. ...

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FRANKALMOIGNE

FRANKALMOIGNE, noun frankalmoin'.Free alms; in English law, a tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands to them and their successors forever, on condition of praying f...

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FRANKCHASE

FRANK'CHASE, noun A liberty of free chase, whereby persons having lands within the compass of the same, are prohibited to cut down any wood, etc. out of the view of the forester...

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FRANKED

FRANK'ED, participle passive Exempted from postage.

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FRANKFEE

FRANK'FEE, noun Freehold; a holding of lands in fee simple.

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FRANKINCENSE

FRANKIN'CENSE, noun [frank and incense.] A dry resinous substance in pieces or drops, of a pale yellowish white color, of a bitterish acrid taste, and very inflammable; used as ...

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FRANKING

FRANK'ING, participle present tense Exempting from postage.

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FRANKLAW

FRANK'LAW, noun Free or common law, or the benefit a person has by it.

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FRANKLIN

FRANK'LIN, noun A freeholder. obsolete

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FRANKLINITE

FRANK'LINITE, noun A mineral compound of iron, zinc and manganese, found in New Jersey, and named from Dr. Franklin.

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FRANKLY

FRANK'LY, adverb1. Openly; freely; ingenuously; without reserve, constraint or disguise; as, to confess one's faults frankly2. Liberally; freely; readily. Luke 7:42.

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FRANKMARRIAGE

FRANK'MARRIAGE, noun A tenure in tail special; or an estate of inheritance given to a person, together with a wife, and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten.

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FRANKNESS

FRANK'NESS, noun1. Plainness of speech; candor; freedom in communication; openness; ingenuousness. He told me his opinions with frankness2. Fairness; freedom from art or craft; ...

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FRANKPLEDGE

FRANK'PLEDGE, noun A pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen. Anciently in England, a number of neighbors who were bound for each other's good behavior.

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FRANKTENEMENT

FRANKTEN'EMENT, noun An estate of freehold; the possession of the soil by a freeman.

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FRANTIC

FRAN'TIC, adjective [Latin phreneticus; Gr. from delirium or raving, from mind, the radical sense of which is to rush, to drive forward.]1. Mad; raving; furious; outrageous; wil...

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FRANTICLY

FRAN'TICLY, adverb Madly; distractedly; outrageously.

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FRANTICNESS

FRAN'TICNESS, noun Madness; fury of passion; distraction.

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FRAP

FRAP, verb transitive In seamen's language, to cross and draw together the several parts of a tackle to increase the tension.

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FRATERNAL

FRATERN'AL, adjective [Latin fraternus, from frater, brother.]Brotherly; pertaining to brethren; becoming brothers; as fraternal love or affection; a fraternal embrace.

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FRATERNALLY

FRATERN'ALLY, adverb In a brotherly manner.

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FRATERNITY

FRATERN'ITY, noun [Latin fraternitas.]1. The state or quality of a brother; brotherhood.2. A body of men associated for their common interest or pleasure; a company; a brotherho...

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FRATERNIZATION

FRATERNIZA'TION, noun The act of associating and holding fellowship as brethren.

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FRATERNIZE

FRATERN'IZE, verb intransitive To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character.

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FRATRICIDE

FRAT'RICIDE, noun [Latin fratricidium; frater, brother, and caedo, to kill.]1. The crime of murdering a brother.2. One who murders or kills a brother.

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FRAUD

FRAUD, noun [Latin fraus.]Deceit; deception; trick; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; a stratagem intended to obtain some undue advantage; an attemp...