Webster's Dictionary 1913

3781

Fribble

Frib″ble (?), a. [Cf. F. frivole, L. frivolus, or E. frippery.] Frivolous; trifling; silly.

3782

Fribble (2)

Frib″ble, n. A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.A pert fribble of a peer. Thackeray.

3783

Fribble (3)

Frib″ble, v. i. 1. To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act frivolously.The fools that are fribbling round about you. Thackeray.2. To totter.

3784

Fribbler

Frib″bler (?), n. A trifler; a fribble.

3785

Fribbling

Frib″bling (?), a. Frivolous; trining; toolishly captious.

3786

Friborg

{ Fri″borg, Fri″borgh } (?), n. [AS. friðborh, lit., peace pledge; frið peace + borh, borg, pledge, akin to E. borrow. The first part of the word was confused with free, the las...

3787

Fricace

Fric″ace (?), n. [See Fricassee.] 1. Meat sliced and dressed with strong sauce. King.2. An unguent; also, the act of rubbing with the unguent.

3788

Fricandeau

‖Fri′can′deau″ (?), ‖Fric′an‐do″ (�), n. [F. fricandeau; cf. Sp. fricandó.] A ragout or fricassee of veal; a fancy dish of veal or of boned turkey, served as an entrée, — called...

3789

Fricassee

Fric″as‐see′ (?), n. [F. fricassée, fr. fricasser to fry, fricassee; cf. LL. fricare, perh. for frictare, fricare, frictum, to rub. Cf. Fry, Friction.] A dish made of fowls, vea...

3790

Fricassee (2)

Fric″as‐see′, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fricasseed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fricasseeing.] To dress like a fricassee.

3791

Frication

Fri‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. fricatio, fr. fricare, fricatum, to rub.] Friction. Bacon.

3792

Fricative

Fric″a‐tive (?), a. [See Frication.] (Phon.) Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth orga...

3793

Fricatrice

Fric″a‐trice (?), n. [Cf. L. frictrix, fr. fricare to rub.] A lewd woman; a harlot. B. Jonson.

3794

Frickle

Fric″kle (?), n. A bushel basket.

3795

Friction

Fric″tion (?), n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to rub: cf. F. friction. See Fray to rub, arid cf. Dentifrice.] 1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of...

3796

Frictional

Fric″tion‐al (?), a. Relating to friction; moved by friction; produced by friction; as, frictional electricity.Frictional gearing, wheels which transmit motion by surface fricti...

3797

Frictionless

Fric″tion‐less, a. Having no friction.

3798

Friday

Fri″day (?), n. [AS. frigedæg, fr. Frigu, the gooddes of marriage; friqu love + dæg day; cf. Icel. Frigg name of a goddess, the wife of Odin or Wodan, OHG. Frīatag, Icel. Frjāda...

3799

Fridge

Fridge (?), v. t. [AS. frician to dance, from free bold. Cf. Freak, n.] To rub; to fray. Sterne.

3800

Fridstol

{ Frid″stol′ (frĭd″stōl′), Frith′stool″ (frĭth″sto͞ol′) }, n. [AS. friðstōl. See Fred, and Stool.] A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders formerly fled for sanctu...

3801

Fried

Fried (frīd), imp. & p. p. of Fry.

3802

Friend

Friend (frĕnd), n. [OE. frend, freond, AS. freónd, prop. p. pr. of freón, freógan, to love; akin to D. vriend friend, OS. friund friend, friohan to love, OHG. friunt friend, G. ...

3803

Friend (2)

Friend, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Friended; p. pr. & vb. n.Friending.] To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.Fortune friends the bold. Spenser.

3804

Friended

Friend″ed, a. 1. Having friends;2. Inclined to love; well-disposed. Shak.

3805

Friending

Friend″ing, n. Friendliness. Shak.

3806

Friendless

Friend″less, a. [AS. freóndleás.] Destitute of friends; forsaken. — Friend″less‐ness, n.

3807

Friendlily

Friend″li‐ly (?), adv. In a friendly manner. Pope.