Webster's Dictionary 1828

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FRACTURING

FRAC'TURING, participle present tense Breaking; bursting asunder; cracking.

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FRAGILE

FRAG'ILE, adjective [Latin fragilis, from frango, to break.]1. Brittle; easily broken.The stalk of ivy is tough, and not fragile2. Weak; liable to fail; easily destroyed; as fra...

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FRAGILITY

FRAGIL'ITY, noun1. Brittleness; easiness to be broken.2. Weakness; liableness to fail.3. Frailty; liableness to fault.

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FRAGMENT

FRAG'MENT, noun [Latin fragmentum, from frango, to break.]1. A part broken off; a piece separated from any thing by breaking.Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing is...

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FRAGMENTARY

FRAG'MENTARY, adjective Composed of fragments.

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FRAGOR

FRA'GOR, noun [Latin See Break.]1. A loud and sudden sound; the report of any thing bursting; a loud harsh sound; a crash.2. A strong or sweet scent. obsolete

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FRAGRANCE

FRA'GRANCE, 'GRANCY, noun [Latin fragrantia, from fragro, to smell strong.]

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FRAGRANT

FRA'GRANT, adjective Sweet of smell; odorous.Fragrant the fertile earth after soft showers.

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FRAGRANTLY

FRA'GRANTLY, adverb With sweet scent.

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FRAIL

FRAIL, adjective [Latin fragilis, or from a different root.]1. Weak; infirm; liable to fail and decay; subject to casualties; easily destroyed; perishable; not firm or durable.T...

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FRAILNESS

FRA'ILNESS, noun Weakness; infirmity; as the frailness of the body.

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FRAILTY

FRA'ILTY, noun1. Weakness of resolution; infirmity; liableness to be deceived or seduced.God knows our frailty and pities our weakness.2. Frailness; infirmity of body.3. Fault p...

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FRAISCHEUR

FRAISCHEUR, noun Freshness; coolness. [Not English.]

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FRAISE

FRAISE, noun1. In fortification, a defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the retrenchments, parallel to the horizon.2. A pancake with bacon in it. obsolete

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FRAME

FRAME, verb transitive [Latin armus, Eng. arm.]1. To fit or prepare and unite several parts in a regular structure or entire thing; to fabricate by orderly construction and unio...

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FRAMED

FRA'MED, participle passive Fitted and united in due form; made; composed; devised; adjusted.

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FRAMER

FRA'MER, noun One who frames; a maker; a contriver.

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FRAMEWORK

FRA'MEWORK, noun Work done in a frame.

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FRAMING

FRA'MING, participle present tense Fitting and joining in due construction; making; fabricating; composing; adjusting; inventing; contriving.

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FRAMPOLD

FRAM'POLD, adjective Peevish; rugged. [Low and not in use.]

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FRANC

FRANC, noun1. An ancient coin of France. The value of the gold frank was something more than that of the gold crown. The silver franc was in value a third of the gold one. The g...

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FRANCHISE

FRAN'CHISE, noun fran'chiz. [See Frank.] Properly, liberty, freedom. Hence,1. A particular privilege or right granted by a prince or sovereign to an individual or to a number of...

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FRANCHISEMENT

FRAN'CHISEMENT, noun Release from burden or restriction; freedom.

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FRANCIC

FRAN'CIC, adjective Pertaining to the Franks or French.

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FRANCISCAN

FRANCIS'CAN, adjective Belonging to the order of St. Francis.FRANCIS'CAN, noun One of the order of St. Francis; an order of monks founded by him in 1209. They are called also Gr...

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FRANGIBILITY

FRANGIBIL'ITY, noun The state or quality of being frangible.

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FRANGIBLE

FRAN'GIBLE, adjective [from Latin frango, to break.] That may be broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.