Webster's Dictionary 1913

3700

Freight

Freight (frāt), n. [F. fret, OHG. frēht merit, reward. See Fraught, n.] 1. That with which anything is fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, ...

3701

Freight (2)

Freight (frāt), a. Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car.Freight agent, a person employed by a transportation company to receiv...

3702

Freight (3)

Freight, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Freighted; p. pr. & vb. n.Freighting.] [Cf. F. freter.] To load with goods, as a ship, or vehicle of any kind, for transporting them from one place t...

3703

Freightage

Freight″age (–ā̍j; 48), n. 1. Charge for transportation; expense of carriage.2. The transportation of freight.3. Freight; cargo; lading. Milton.

3704

Freighter

Freight″er (?), n. 1. One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.2. One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.3. One for whom freight is transported.4. A ...

3705

Freightless

Freight″less, a. Destitute of freight.

3706

Freiherr

‖Frei″herr′ (?), n.; pl. Freiherrn (#). In Germany and Austria, a baron.

3707

Frelte

Frel″te (?), n. Frailty. Chaucer.

3708

Fremd

{ Fremd (?), Frem″ed (?) } a. [OE., from AS. fremede, fremde; akin to G. fremd.] Strange; foreign. Chaucer.

3709

Fremescent

Fre‐mes″cent (?), a. [L. fremere to roar, murmur + -escent.] Becoming murmurous, roaring. “Fremescent clangor.” Carlyle. — Fre‐mes″cence (#), n.

3710

Fremitus

‖Frem″i‐tus (?), n., sing. & pl.(Med.) Palpable vibration or thrill; as, the rhonchial fremitus.

3711

Fren

Fren (frĕn), n. [OE. frenne, contr. fr. forrene foreign. See Foreign, a.] A stranger. Spenser.

3712

French

French (frĕnch), a. [AS. frencisc, LL. franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis, franchois, françois, F. français. See Frank, a., and cf. Frankish.] Of or pertainin...

3713

French (2)

French, n. 1. The language spoken in France.2. Collectively, the people of France.

3714

Frenchify

French″i‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Frenchified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Frenchifying.] [French + -fy.] To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; t...

3715

Frenchism

French″ism (?), n. A French mode or characteristic; an idiom peculiar to the French language. Earle.

3716

Frenchman

French″man (?), n.; pl.Frenchmen (�). A native or one of the people of France.

3717

Frenetic

Fre‐net″ic (?), a. [See Frantic, a.] Distracted; mad; frantic; phrenetic. Milton.

3718

Frenetical

Fre‐net″ic‐al (?), a. Frenetic; frantic; frenzied. — Frenet″ic‐al‐ly, adv.

3719

Frenum (2)

Fre″num (?), n.; pl. E. Frenums (#), L. Frena (#). 1. (Zoöl.) A cheek stripe of color.2. (Anat.) Same as Frænum.

3720

Frenzical

Fren″zi‐cal (frĕn″zĭ‐kal), a. Frantic. Orrery.

3721

Frenzied

Fren″zied (?), p. p. & a. Affected with frenzy; frantic; maddened. — Fren″zied‐ly, adv.The people frenzied by centuries of oppression. Buckle.Up starting with a frenzied look. S...

3722

Frenzy

Fren″zy (–zy̆), n.; pl.Frenzies (–zĭz). [OE. frenesie, fransey, F. frénésie, L. phrenesis, fr. Gr. φρένησισ for φρενι̑τισ disease of the mind, phrenitis, fr. φρην mind. Cf. Fran...

3723

Frenzy (2)

Fren″zy, a. Mad; frantic.They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head. Bunyan.

3724

Frenzy (3)

Fren″zy, v. t. To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness “Frenzying anguish.” Southey.

3725

Frequence

Fre″quence (?), n. [See Frequency.] 1. A crowd; a throng; a concourse. Tennyson.2. Frequency; abundance. Bp. Hall.

3726

Frequency

Fre″quen‐cy (?), n.; pl.Frequencies (#). [L. frequentia numerous attendance, multitude: cf. F. fréquence. See Frequent.] 1. The condition of returning frequently; occurrence oft...