Webster's Dictionary 1913

3862

Fripperer

Frip″per‐er (?), n. A fripper. Johnson.

3863

Frippery

Frip″per‐y (?), n. [F. friperie, fr. fruper. See Fripper.] 1. Coast-off clothes. B. Jonson.2. Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.Fond of ga...

3864

Frippery (2)

Frip″per‐y (?), a. Trifling; contemptible.

3865

Frisette

{ Fri‐sette″, Fri‐zette″ } (?), n. [F. frisette curl.] a fringe of hair or curls worn about the forehead by women.

3866

Friseur'

‖Fri″seur' (?), n. [F., fr. friser to curl, frizzle. See Frizzle.] A hairdresser.

3867

Frisian

Fri″sian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province of the Netherlands; Friesic.

3868

Frisian (2)

Fri″sian, n. A native or inhabitant of Friesland; also, the language spoken in Friesland. See Friesic, n.

3869

Frisk

Frisk (?), a. [OF. frieque, cf. OHG. frise lively, brisk, fresh, Dan. & Sw. frisk, Icel. friskr. See Fresh, a.] Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky. Bp. Hall.

3870

Frisk (2)

Frisk, a. A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. Johnson.

3871

Frisk (3)

Frisk, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Frisked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Frisking.] To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety.The frisking satyrs on the summits danced. Addison.

3872

Friskal

Frisk″al (?), n. A leap or caper. B. Jonson.

3873

Frisker

Frisker (?), n. One who frisks; one who leaps of dances in gayety; a wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person. Camden.

3874

Frisket

Fris″ket (?), n. [F. frisguette. Perh. so named from the velocity or frequency of its motion. See Friska.] (Print.) The light frame which holds the sheet of paper to the tympan ...

3875

Friskful

Frisk″ful (?), a. Brisk; lively; frolicsome.

3876

Friskily'

Frisk″i‐ly' (?), adv. In a frisky manner.

3877

Friskiness

Frisk″i‐ness, n. State or quality of being frisky.

3878

Frisky

Frisk″y, a. Inclined to frisk; frolicsome; gay.He is too frisky for an old man. Jeffrey.

3879

Frislet

Fris″let (frĭz″lĕt), n. [Cf. Fraise a kind of defense; also Friz.] A kind of small ruffle. Halliwell.

3880

Frist

Frist (frĭst), v. t. [OE. fristen, firsten, to lend, give respite, postpone, AS. firstan to give respite to; akin to first time, G. frist, Icel. frest delay.] To sell upon credi...

3881

Frisure

‖Fri″sure′ (?), n. The dressing of the hair by crisping or curling. Smollett.

3882

Frit

Frit (?), n. [F. fritte, fr. frit fried, p. p. of frire to fry. See Far, v. t.] 1. (Glass Making) The material of which glass is made, after having been calcined or partly fused...

3883

Frit (2)

Frit, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fritted; p. pr. & vb. n.Fritting.] To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially. Ure.

3884

Frit (3)

Frit, v. t. To fritter; — with away. Ld. Lytton.

3885

Fritfly

Frit″fly′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small dipterous fly of the genus Oscinis, esp. O. vastator, injurious to grain in Europe, and O. Trifole, injurious to clover in America.

3886

Frith

Frith (frĭth), n. [OE. firth, Icel. fjörðr; akin to Sw. fjärd, Dan. fiord, E. ford. √78. See Ford, n., and cf. Firth, Fiord, Fret a frith, Port a harbor.]1. (Geog.) A narrow arm...

3887

Frith (2)

Frith, n. [OE. frith peace, protection, land inclosed for hunting, park, forest, AS. frið peace; akin to frenoð peace, protection, asylum, G. friede peace, Icel. friðr, and from...

3888

Frithy

Frith″y (?), a. Woody. Skelton.