Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
fring |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Fire |
friar |
noun |
A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary., A white or pale patch on a printed page., An American fish; the silversides. |
fried |
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imp. & p. p. of Fry., of Fry |
frier |
noun |
One who fries. |
frigg |
noun |
Alt. of Frigga |
frill |
verb i. |
To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills., To wrinkle; — said of the gelatin film., To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap., A ruffing of a bird’s feathers from cold., A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal., A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals., A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells., A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce. |
frisk |
adjective |
Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky., A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap., To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety. |
frist |
verb t. |
To sell upon credit, as goods. |
frith |
noun |
A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth., A kind of weir for catching fish., A forest; a woody place., A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure. |
frize |
noun |
See 1st Frieze. |
frizz |
verb t. & noun |
See Friz, v. t. & n. |