FRESHES
FRESH'ES, noun1. The mingling of fresh water with salt water in rivers or bays, or the increased current of an ebb tide by means of a flood of fresh water, flowing towards or in...
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FRESHET
FRESH'ET, n1. A flood or overflowing of a river, by means of heavy rains or melted snow; an inundation.2. A stream of fresh water.
FRESHLY
FRESH'LY, adverb1. Newly; in the former state renewed; in a new or fresh state.2. With a healthy look; ruddily.3. Briskly; strongly.4. Coolly.
FRESHMAN
FRESH'MAN, noun1. A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.2. In colleges, one of the youngest class of students.
FRESHMANSHIP
FRESH'MANSHIP, noun The state of a freshman.
FRESHNESS
FRESH'NESS, noun1. Newness; vigor; spirit; the contrary to vapidness; as the freshness of liquors or odors.2. Vigor; liveliness; the contrary to a faded state; as the freshness ...
FRESHNEW
FRESH'NEW, adjective Unpracticed. [Not used.]
FRESHWATER
FRESH'WATER, adjective1. Accustomed to sail on freshwater only, or in the coasting trade; as a freshwater sailor.2. Raw; unskilled.
FRESHWATERED
FRESH'WATERED, adjective Newly watered; supplied with fresh water.
FRET
FRET, verb transitive [Latin rodo, rosi, rado, to scrape. To fret or gnaw gives the sense of unevenness, roughness, in substances; the like appearance is given to fluids by agit...
FRETFUL
FRET'FUL, adjective Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as a fretful temper.
FRETFULLY
FRET'FULLY, adverb Peevishly; angrily.
FRETFULNESS
FRET'FULNESS, noun Peevishness; ill-humor; disposition to fret and complain.
FRETT
FRETT, noun With miners, the worn side of the bank of a river.
FRETTED
FRET'TED, participle passive Eaten; corroded; rubbed or worn away; agitated; vexed; made rough on the surface; variegated; ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets.
FRETTER
FRET'TER, noun That which frets.
FRETTING
FRET'TING, participle present tense Corroding; wearing away; agitating; vexing; making rough on the surface; variegating.FRET'TING, noun Agitation; commotion.
FRETTY
FRETTY, adjective Adorned with fretwork.
FRETUM
FRE'TUM, noun [Latin] An arm of the sea.
FRETWORK
FRET'WORK, noun Raised work; work adorned with frets.
FRIABILITY
FRIABIL'ITY,FRI'ABLE, adjective [Latin friabilis, from frio, to break or crumble. Heb. to break.]Easily crumbled or pulverized; easily reduced to powder. Pumice and calcined sto...
FRIABLE
FRI'ABLE, a. [L. friabilis, from frio, to break or crumble. Heb. to break.]Easily crumbled or pulverized; easily reduced to powder. Pumice and calcined stones are very friable.
FRIABLENESS
FRI'ABLENESS, noun [See Friable.] The quality of being easily broken, crumbled and reduced to powder.
FRIAR
FRI'AR, noun [Latin frater. See Brother.]1. An appellation common to the monks of all orders; those who enter religious orders considering themselves as a fraternity or brotherh...
FRIARLIKE
FRI'ARLIKE, adjective Like a friar; monastic; unskilled in the world.
FRIARLY
FRI'ARLY, adjective Like a friar; untaught in the affairs of life.
FRIARS-COWL
FRI'AR'S-COWL, noun A plant, a species of Arum, with a flower resembling a cowl.