Webster's Dictionary 1913

3754

Fresnel lens

Fres′nel″ lens″ (?). [See Fresnel lamp.] (Optics) See under Lens.

3755

Fret

Fret (frĕt), n. See 1st Frith.

3756

Fret (2)

Fret (frĕt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fretted; p. pr. & vb. n.Fretting.] [OE. freten to eat, consume; AS. fretan, for foretan; pref. for- + etan to eat; akin to D. vreten, OHG. frezza...

3757

Fret (3)

Fret, v. i. 1. To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges.2. To eat in; to make way by corrosion.Many wheals arose, and fretted one into another with...

3758

Fret (4)

Fret, n. 1. The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water. Addison.2. Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impa...

3759

Fret (5)

Fret, v. t. [OE. fretten to adorn, AS. frætwan, frætwian; akin to OS. fratahōn, cf. Goth. us-fratwjan to make wise, also AS. frætwe ornaments, OS. fratahī adornment.] To ornamen...

3760

Fret (6)

Fret, n. 1. Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork.2. (Arch.) An ornament consisting of small fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right...

3761

Fret (7)

Fret (?), n. [F. frette a saltire, also a hoop, ferrule, prob. a dim. of L. ferrum iron. For sense 2, cf. also E. fret to rub.] 1. (Her.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.2. (...

3762

Fret (8)

Fret, v. t. To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.

3763

Fretful

Fret″ful (?), a. [See 2d Fret.] Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper. — Fret″ful‐ly, adv. — Fret″ful‐ness, n.Syn. — Peevis...

3764

Frett

Frett (?), n. [See 2d Fret.] (Mining) The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4.

3765

Frett (2)

Frett, n. [See Frit.] A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda.

3766

Fretted

Fret″ted (?), p. p. & a. [From 2d Fret.]1. Rubbed or worn away; chafed.2. Agitated; vexed; worried.

3767

Fretted (2)

Fret″ted, p. p. & a. [See 5th Fret.] 1. Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.2. (Her.) Interlaced one with another; — said of ch...

3768

Fretten

Fret″ten (?), a. Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox. Wright.

3769

Fretter

Fret″ter (?), n. One who, or that which, frets.

3770

Fretty

Fret″ty, a. [See 5th Fret.] Adorned with fretwork.

3771

Fretum

‖Fre″tum (?), n.; pl.Freta (#). A strait, or arm of the sea.

3772

Fretwork

Fret″work (?), n. [6th fret + work.] Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light...

3773

Freya

Frey″a (frī″ȧ), n. [Icel. Freyja.] (Scand. Myth.) The daughter of Njörd, and goddess of love and beauty; the Scandinavian Venus; — in Teutonic myths confounded with Frigga, but ...

3774

Friabiiity

Fri″a‐bii″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. friabilité.] The quality of being friable; friableness. Locke.

3775

Friable

Fri″a‐ble (?), a. [L. friabilis, fr. friare to rub, break, or crumble into small pieces, cf. fricare to rub, E. fray: cf. F. friable.] Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to...

3776

Friar

Fri″ar (?), n. [OR. frere, F. frère brother, friar, fr. L. frater brother. See Brother.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the ...

3777

Friarly

Fri″ar‐ly, a. Like a friar; inexperienced. Bacon.

3778

Friary

Fri″ar‐y (?), a. [From Friar, n.] Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent. Camden.

3779

Friary (2)

Fri″ar‐y, n. [OF. frerie, frairie, fr. frère. See Friar.] 1. A monastery; a convent of friars. Drugdale.2. The institution or practices of friars. Fuller.

3780

Friation

Fri‐a″tion (?), n. [See Friable.] The act of breaking up or pulverizing.