FRUBISH
FRUBISH, for furbish, is not used.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FRUCTED
FRUCT'ED, adjective [Latin fructus, fruit.] In heraldry, bearing fruit.
FRUCTESCENCE
FRUCTES'CENCE, noun [from Latin fructus, fruit. See Fruit.]In botany, the precise time when the fruit of a plant arrives at maturity, and its seeds are dispersed; the fruiting s...
FRUCTIFEROUS
FRUCTIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin fructus, fruit, and fero, to bear.] Bearing or producing fruit.
FRUCTIFICATION
FRUCTIFICA'TION, noun [See Fructify.]1. The act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation.2. In botany, the temporary part of a plant appropriated to generat...
FRUCTIFY
FRUC'TIFY, verb transitive [Low Latin fructifico.]To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth.FRUC'TIFY, verb intransitive To bear fruit. [Un...
FRUCTUATION
FRUCTUA'TION, noun Produce; fruit. [Not used.]
FRUCTUOUS
FRUC'TUOUS, adjective Fruitful; fertile; also, impregnating with fertility.
FRUCTURE
FRUC'TURE, noun Use; fruition; enjoyment. [Not used.]
FRUGAL
FRU'GAL, adjective [Latin frugalis. See Fruit.]Economical in the use or appropriation of money, goods or provisions of any kind; saving unnecessary expense, either of money or o...
FRUGALITY
FRUGAL'ITY, noun1. Prudent economy; good husbandry or housewifery; a sparing use or appropriation of money or commodities; a judicious use of any thing to be expended or employe...
FRUGALLY
FRU'GALLY, adverb With economy; with good management; in a saving manner. He seldom lives frugally that lives by chance.
FRUGIFEROUS
FRUGIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin frugifer; fruges, corn and fero, to bear.]Producing fruit or corn.
FRUGIVOROUS
FRUGIV'OROUS, adjective [Latin fruges, corn and voro, to eat.]Feeding on fruits, seeds or corn, as birds and other animals.
FRUIT
FRUIT, noun [Latin fructus. The Latin word is the participle of fruor, contracted from frugor, or frucor, to use, to take the profit of.]1. In a general sense, whatever the eart...
FRUIT-GROVE
FRUIT-GROVE, noun A grove or close plantation of fruit trees.
FRUIT-LOFT
FRUIT-LOFT, noun A place for the preservation of fruit.
FRUIT-TIME
FRUIT-TIME, noun The time for gathering fruit.
FRUIT-TREE
FRUIT-TREE, noun A tree cultivated for its fruit, or a tree whose principal value consists in the fruit it produces, as the cherry tree, apple tree, pear tree. The oak and beech...
FRUITAGE
FRUITAGE, noun Fruit collectively; various fruits.
FRUITBEARER
FRUITBEARER, noun That which produces fruit.
FRUITBEARING
FRUITBEARING, adjective Producing fruit; having the quality of bearing fruit.
FRUITERER
FRUITERER, noun One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits.
FRUITERY
FRUITERY, noun1. Fruit collectively taken.2. A fruitloft; a repository for fruit.
FRUITFUL
FRUITFUL, adjective1. Very productive; producing fruit in abundance; as fruitful soil; a fruitful tree; a fruitful season.2. Prolific; bearing children; not barren.Be fruitful a...
FRUITFULLY
FRUITFULLY, adverb1. In such a manner as to be prolific.2. Plenteously; abundantly.
FRUITFULNESS
FRUITFULNESS, noun1. The quality of producing fruit in abundance; productiveness; fertility; as the fruitfulness of land.2. Fecundity; the quality of being prolific, or producin...