Webster's Dictionary 1828

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FRIGHTED

FRIGHTED,FRIGHTEN, verb transitive To terrify; to scare; to alarm suddenly with danger; to shock suddenly with the approach of evil; to daunt; to dismay.Nor exile or danger can ...

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FRIGHTEN

FRIGHTEN, v.t. To terrify; to scare; to alarm suddenly with danger; to shock suddenly with the approach of evil; to daunt; to dismay.Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit.

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FRIGHTENED

FRIGHTENED, participle passive Terrified; suddenly alarmed with danger.

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FRIGHTFUL

FRIGHTFUL, adjective Terrible; dreadful; exciting alarm; impressing terror; as a frightful chasm or precipice; a frightful tempest.

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FRIGHTFULLY

FRIGHTFULLY, adverb1. Terribly; dreadfully; in a manner to impress terror and alarm; horribly.2. Very disagreeably; shockingly. She looks frightfully to day.

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FRIGHTFULNESS

FRIGHTFULNESS, noun The quality of impressing terror.

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FRIGID

FRIG'ID, adjective [Latin frigidus, from frigeo, to be or to grow cold; rigeo, to be stiff or frozen. Gr.]1. Cold; wanting heat or warmth; as the frigid zone.2. Wanting warmth o...

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FRIGIDITY

FRIGID'ITY, noun1. Coldness; want of warmth. But not applied to the air or weather.2. Want of natural heat, life and vigor of body; impotency; imbecility; as the frigidity of ol...

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FRIGIDLY

FRIG'IDLY, adverb Coldly; dully; without affection.

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FRIGIDNESS

FRIG'IDNESS, noun Coldness; dullness; want of heat or vigor; want of affection. [See Frigidity.]

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FRIGORIFIC

FRIGORIF'IC, adjective [Latin frigorificus; frigus, cold, and facio, to make.]Causing cold; producing or generating cold.

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FRILL

FRILL, noun [infra.] An edging of fine linen on the bosom of a shirt or other similar thing; a ruffle.FRILL, verb intransitiveTo shake; to quake; to shiver as with cold; as, the...

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FRINGE

FRINGE, noun frinj. [Latin frango, to break.]1. An ornamental appendage to the borders of garments or furniture, consisting of loose threads.The golden fringe ev'n set the groun...

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FRINGED

FRING'ED, participle passive Bordered with fringe.

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FRINGEMAKER

FRINGEMAKER, noun One who makes fringe.

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FRINGING

FRING'ING, participle present tense Bordering with fringe.

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FRINGY

FRING'Y, adjective Adorned with fringes.

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FRIPPERER

FRIP'PERER, noun [See Frippery.] One who deals in old cloths.

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FRIPPERY

FRIP'PERY, noun1. Old clothes; cast dresses; clothes thrown aside, after wearing. Hence, waste matter; useless things; trifles; as the frippery of wit.2. The place where old clo...

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FRISEUR

FRISEU'R, noun A hair dresser.

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FRISK

FRISK, verb intransitive1. To leap; to skip; to spring suddenly one way and the other.The fish fell a frisking in the net.2. To dance, skip and gambol in frolic and gaiety.The f...

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FRISKAL

FRISK'AL, noun A leap or caper. [Not in use.]

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FRISKER

FRISK'ER, noun One who leaps or dances in gaiety; a wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person.

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FRISKET

FRISK'ET, noun [See Frisk.]In printing, the light frame in which a sheet of paper is confined to be laid on the form for impression.

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FRISKFUL

FRISK'FUL, adjective Brisk; lively.

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FRISKINESS

FRISK'INESS, noun Briskness and frequency of motion; gaiety; liveliness; a dancing or leaping in frolic.

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FRISKING

FRISK'ING, participle present tense Leaping; skipping; dancing about; moving with life and gaiety.