Webster's Dictionary 1913

4078

Frush (2)

Frush, a. Easily broken; brittle; crisp.

4079

Frush (3)

Frush, n. Noise; clatter; crash. Southey.

4080

Frush (4)

Frush, n. [Cf. OE. frosch, frosk, a frog (the animal), G. frosch frog (the animal), also carney or lampass of horses. See Frog, n., 2.] 1. (Far.) The frog of a horse's foot.2. A...

4081

Frustrable

Frus″tra‐ble (?), a. [L. frustrabilis: cf. F. frustable.] Capable of beeing frustrated or defeated.

4082

Frustraneous

Frus‐tra″ne‐ous (?), a. [See Frustrate, a.] Vain; useless; unprofitable. South.

4083

Frustrate

Frus″trate (?), a. [L. frustratus, p. p. of frustrare, frustrari, to deceive, frustrate, fr. frustra in vain, witout effect, in erorr, prob. for frudtra and akin to fraus, E. fr...

4084

Frustrate (2)

Frus″trate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Frustrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Frustrating.] 1. To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle;...

4085

Frustrately

Frus″trate‐ly (?), adv. In vain. Vicars.

4086

Frustration

Frus‐tra″tion (?), n. [L. frustratio: cf. OF. frustration.] The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs

4087

Frustrative

Frus″tra‐tive (?), a. Tending to defeat; fallacious. Ainsworth.

4088

Frustratory

Frus″tra‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. frustratorius: cf. F. frustratoire.] Making void; rendering null; as, a frustratory appeal. Ayliffe.

4089

Frustule

Frus″tule (?), n. [L. frustulum, dim. fr. frustum a piece: cf. F. frustule.] (Bot.) The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of two valves, one overlapping the other, lik...

4090

Frustulent

Frus″tu‐lent (?), a. [L. frustulentus. See Frustule.] Abounding in fragments.

4091

Frustum

‖Frus″tum (?), n.; pl. L. Frusta (#), E. Frustums (#). [L. fruslum piece, bit.]1. (Geom.) The part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting off the, top; or the part of any s...

4092

Frutage

Frut″age (?), n. [Cf. Fruitage.] 1. A picture of fruit; decoration by representation of fruit.The cornices consist of frutages and festoons. Evelyn.2. A confection of fruit. Nares.

4093

Frutescent

Fru‐tes″cent (?), a. [L. frutex, fruticis, shrub, bush: cf. F. frutescent, L. fruticescens, p. pr.] (Bot.) Somewhat shrubby in character; imperfectly shrubby, as the American sp...

4094

Frutex

‖Fru″tex (?), n.(Bot.) A plant having a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub.

4095

Fruticant

Fru″ti‐cant (?), a. [L. fruticans, p. pr. of fruticare, to become bushy, fr. frutex, fruticis, shrub.] Full of shoots. Evelyn.

4096

Fruticose

Fru″ti‐cose′ (?), a. [L. fruticosus, from frutex, fruticis, shrub] (Bot.) Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs; branching like a shrub; shrubby; shrublike; as, a fruticose stem. Gray.

4097

Fruticous

Fru″ti‐cous (?), a.(Bot.) Fruticose.

4098

Fruticulose

Fru‐tic″u‐lose′ (?), a. [Dim. fr. L. fruticosus bushy: cf. F. fruticuleux.] (Bot.) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub. Gray.

4099

Fry

Fry (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fried (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Frying.] [OE. frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry, cf. Gr. �, Skr. bhrajj. Cf. Fritter.] To cook in a pan ...

4100

Fry (2)

Fry, v. i. 1. To undergo the process of frying; to be subject to the action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a kettle of hot fat.2. To simmer; to boil.With crackl...

4101

Fry (3)

Fry, n. 1. A dish of anything fried.2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry.

4102

Fry (4)

Fry, n. [OE. fri, fry, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare tosub (see Friction), but cf. also Icel. fræ, frjō, seed, Sw. &...

4103

Frying

Fry″ing, n. The process denoted by the verb fry.Frying pan, an iron pan with a long handle, used for frying meat, vegetables, etc.

4104

Fu

Fu (?), n. A department in China comprising several hsein; also, the chief city of a department; — often forming the last part of a name; as, Paoting-fu.