FRISKY
FRISK'Y, adjective Gay; lively.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FRIT
FRIT, noun [Latin frictus, frigo, Eng. to fry.]In the manufacture of glass, the matter of which glass is made after it has been calcined or baked in a furnace. It is a compositi...
FRITH
FRITH, noun [Latin freetum; Gr. from to pass over, or to pass; properly, a passage, a narrow channel that is passable or passed.]1. A narrow passage of the sea; a strait. It is ...
FRITHY
FRITH'Y, adjective Woody. [Not in use.]
FRITILLARY
FRIT'ILLARY, noun [Latin fritillus, a dice-box.]The crown imperial, a genus of plants, called in the Spanish dictionary checkered lily.
FRITTER
FRIT'TER, noun [Latin frictus, fried.]1. A small pancake; also, a small piece of meat fried.2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece.And cut whole giants into fritters.FRIT'TER, ve...
FRIVOLITY
FRIVOL'ITY, noun [See Frivolousness.]
FRIVOLOUS
FRIV'OLOUS, adjective [Latin frivlus, from the root of frio, to break into small pieces, to crumble; tero, trivi, to rub or wear out.]Slight; trifling; trivial; of little weight...
FRIVOLOUSLY
FRIV'OLOUSLY, adverb In a trifling manner.
FRIVOLOUSNESS
FRIV'OLOUSNESS, noun The quality of being trifling or of very little worth or importance; want of consequence.
FRIZ
FRIZ, verb transitive [See Frieze.]1. To curl; to crisp to form into small curls with a crisping-pin.2. To form the nap of cloth into little hard burs, prominences or knobs.
FRIZED
FRIZ'ED, participle passive Curled; formed into little burs on cloth.
FRIZING
FRIZ'ING, participle present tense Curling; forming little hard burs on cloth.
FRIZZLE
FRIZ'ZLE, verb transitive To curl; to crisp; as hair.
FRIZZLED
FRIZ'ZLED, participle passive Curled; crisped.
FRIZZLER
FRIZ'ZLER, noun One who makes short curls.
FRIZZLING
FRIZ'ZLING, participle present tense Curling; crisping.
FRO
FRO, adverb [In some languages it is a prefix, having the force of a negative.]FROm; away; back or backward; as in the phrase, to and fro that is, to and from, forward or toward...
FROCK
FROCK, nounAn upper coat, or an outer garment. The word is now used for a loose garment or shirt worn by men over their other clothes, and for a kind of gown open behind, worn b...
FROG
FROG, noun [Latin rana, from the root of rend, from its broken shape, or from leaping, or its fragor or hoarse voice.]1. An amphibious animal of the genus Rana, with four feet, ...
FROGBIT
FROG'BIT, noun A plant, the Hydrocharis.
FROGFISH
FROG'FISH, noun1. An animal of surinam, which is said to change from a fish to a frog and then to a fish again. It is cartilaginous, and exquisite food.2. The Lophius, or fishin...
FROGGRASS
FROG'GRASS, noun A plant.
FROGGY
FROG'GY, adjective Having frogs.
FROISE
FROISE, noun A kind of food made by frying bacon inclosed in a pancake.
FROLICK
FROL'ICK, adjectiveGay; merry; full of levity; dancing, playing or frisking about; full of pranks.The frolick wind that breathes the spring.The gay, the frolick and the loud.[Th...
FROLICKLY
FROL'ICKLY, adverb With mirth and gaiety. obsolete