Webster's Dictionary 1828

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FROLICKSOME

FROL'ICKSOME, adjective Full of gaiety and mirth; given to pranks.

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FROLICKSOMENESS

FROL'ICKSOMENESS, noun Gaiety; wild pranks.

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FROM

FROM, prepositionThe sense of from may be expressed by the noun distance, or by the adjective distant, or by the participles, departing, removing to a distance. Thus it is one h...

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FROMWARD

FROM'WARD, adverb Away from; the contrary of toward.

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FROND

FROND, noun [Latin frons, frondis. the sense is a shoot or shooting forward, as in frons, frontis.]In botany, a term which Linne applies to the peculiar leafing of palms and fer...

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FRONDATION

FRONDA'TION, noun A lopping of trees.

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FRONDESCENCE

FRONDES'CENCE, noun [Latin frondesco, from frons.]In botany, the precise time of the year and month in which each species of plants unfolds its leaves.

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FRONDIFEROUS

FRONDIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin frons, and fero, to bear.] Producing fronds.

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FRONDOUS

FROND'OUS, adjective A frondous flower is one which is leafy, one which produces branches charged with both leaves and flowers. Instances of this luxuriance sometimes occur in t...

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FRONT

FRONT, noun [Latin frons, frontis; Gr. the nose.]1. Properly, the forehead, or part of the face above the eyes; hence, the whole face.His front yet threatens, and his frowns com...

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FRONTAL

FRONT'AL, noun [Latin frontale., frons.]1. In medicine, a medicament or preparation to be applied to the forehead.2. In architecture, a little pediment or frontpiece, over a sma...

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FRONTBOX

FRONT'BOX, noun The box in a playhouse before the rest.

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FRONTED

FRONT'ED, adjective Formed with a front.

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FRONTIER

FRONTIE'R, nounThe marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; that is, the part furthest advanced, or the part that fronts an enem...

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FRONTIERED

FRONTIE'RED, adjective Guarded on the frontiers.

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FRONTINAC

FRONTINAC'FRONTINIAC, noun A species of French wine, named from the place in Languedoc where it is produced.

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FRONTINIAC

FRONTINIAC, n. A species of French wine, named from the place in Languedoc where it is produced.

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FRONTISPIECE

FRONT'ISPIECE, noun [Latin frontispicium; frons and specio, to view.]1. In architecture, the principal face of a building; the face that directly presents itself to the eye.2. A...

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FRONTLESS

FRONT'LESS, adjective Wanting shame or modesty; not diffident; as frontless vice; frontless flattery.

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FRONTLET

FRONT'LET, noun [from front.] A frontal or browband; a fillet or band worn on the forehead. Deuteronomy 6:8.

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FRONTROOM

FRONTROOM, noun a room or apartment in the forepart of a house.

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FROPPISH

FROP'PISH, adjective Peevish; froward. [Not in use.]

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FRORE

FRORE, adjective Frozen

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FRORNE

FRORNE, adjective Frozen

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FRORY

FRO'RY, adjective1. Frozen.2. Covered with a froth resembling hoarfrost. [Not in use.]

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FROST

FROST, noun1. A fluid congealed by cold into ice or crystals; as hoar-frost, which is dew or vapor congealed.He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. Psalms 147:1.2. The act of ...

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FROSTBITTEN

FROST'BITTEN, adjective Nipped, withered or affected by frost.