Fraunhofer lines
Fraun″ho‐fer lines′ (?). (Physics.) The lines of the spectrum; especially and properly, the dark lines of the solar spectrum, so called because first accurately observed and int...
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Fraxin
Frax″in (?), n. [From Fraxinus.] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus) and along with esculin in the ba...
Fraxinus
‖Frax″i‐nus (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north temperate zone, and including the true ash trees.☞ Fraxinus excelsior is the European ash; F. Ame...
Fray
Fray (frā), n. [Abbreviated from affray.] Affray; broil; contest; combat.Who began this bloody fray? Shak.
Fray (2)
Fray, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Frayed (frād); p. pr. & vb. n.Fraying.] [See 1st Fray, and cf. Affray.] To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. I. Taylor.What frays ye, that were wont to co...
Fray (3)
Fray, v. t. [Cf. OF. fraier. See Defray, v. t.] To bear the expense of; to defray.The charge of my most curious and costly ingredients frayed, I shall acknowledge myself amply s...
Fray (4)
Fray, v. t. [OF. freier, fraier, froier, to rub. L. fricare; cf. friare to crumble, E. friable; perh. akin to Gr. χρίειν to anoint, χρι̑σμα an anointing, Skr. ghṛsh to rub, scra...
Fray (5)
Fray, v. i. 1. To rub.We can show the marks he madeWhen 'gainst the oak his antlers frayed. Sir W. Scott.2. To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when ...
Fray (6)
Fray, n. A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
Fraying
Fray″ing, n.(Zoöl.) The skin which a deer frays from his horns. B. Jonson.
Frazzle
Fraz″zle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Frazzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Frazzling (?).] [Cf. G. faseln, and E. fray.] To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter; — used ...
Frazzle (2)
Fraz″zle, n. The act or result of frazzling; the condition or quality of being frazzled; the tag end; a frayed-out end.My fingers are all scratched to frazzles. Kipling.Gordon h...
Freak
Freak (frēk), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Freaked (frēkt); p. pr. & vb. n.Freaking.] [Akin to OE. frakin, freken, freckle, Icel. freknur, pl., Sw. fräkne, Dan. fregne, Gr. περκνόσ dark-c...
Freak (2)
Freak, n. [Prob. from OE. frek bold, AS. frec bold, greedly; akin to OHG. freh greedly, G. frech insolent, Icel. frekr greedy, Goth. faíhufriks avaricious.] A sudden causeless c...
Freaking
Freak″ing, a. Freakish. Pepys.
Freakish
Freak″ish, a. Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious.It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the more freakish of the two. L'Estrange.Freakish whe...
Freck
Freck (?), v. t. [Cf. Freak, v. t., Freckle.] To checker; to diversify.The painted windows, frecking gloom with glow. Lowell.
Freckle
Freck″le (frĕk″k'l), n. [Dim., from the same root as freak, v. t.] 1. A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, or hands.2. Any small spot ...
Freckle (2)
Frec″kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Freckled (–k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Freckling (–klĭng).] To sprinkle or mark with freckles or small discolored spots; to spot.
Freckle (3)
Frec″kle (frĕk″k'l), v. i. To become covered or marked with freckles; to be spotted.
Freckled
Frec″kled (frĕk″k'ld), a. Marked with freckles; spotted. “The freckled trout.” Dryden.The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover. Shak.
Freckledness
Frec″kled‐ness (–k'ld‐nĕs), n. The state of being freckled.
Freckly
Frec″kly (–kly̆), a. Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled.
Fred
Fred (frĕd), n. [AS. frið peace. See Frith inclosure.] Peace; — a word used in composition, especially in proper names; as, Alfred; Frederic.
Fredstole
Fred″stole′ (–stōl′), n. See Fridstol. Fuller.
Free
Free (frē), a. [Compar.Freer (–ẽr); superl.Freest (–ĕst).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. freó, frī; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. frī, G. frei, Icel. frī, Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and a...
Free (2)
Free (?), adv. 1. Freely; willingly.I as free forgive youAs I would be forgiven. Shak.2. Without charge; as, children admitted free.