Frivolous (a.) Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.
Frizzed (imp. & p. p.) of Friz
Frizzing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Friz
Friz (v. t.) To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp.
Friz (v. t.) To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
Friz (v. t.) To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
Frizzes (pl. ) of Friz
Friz (n.) That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle.
Frize (n.) See 1st Frieze.
Frizel (a.) A movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock.
Frizette (n.) A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.
Frizz (v. t. & n.) See Friz, v. t. & n.
Frizzled (imp. & p. p.) of Frizzle
Frizzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frizzle
Frizzle (v. t.) To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle.
Frizzle (n.) A curl; a lock of hair crisped.
Frizzler (n.) One who frizzles.
Frizzly (a.) Alt. of Frizzy
Frizzy (a.) Curled or crisped; as, frizzly, hair.
Fro (adv.) From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in opposition to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To and fro under To.
Fro (prep.) From.
Frock (n.) A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their other clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman's frock.
Frock (n.) A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord.
Frock (v. t.) To clothe in a frock.
Frock (v. t.) To make a monk of. Cf. Unfrock.
Frocked (a.) Clothed in a frock.
Frockless (a.) Destitute of a frock.
Froe (n.) A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.
Froe (n.) An iron cleaver or splitting tool; a frow.
Frog (n.) An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime.
Frog (n.) The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals; the fourchette.
Frog (n.) A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it.
Frog (n.) An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.
Frog (n.) The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.
Frog (v. t.) To ornament or fasten (a coat, etc.) with trogs. See Frog, n., 4.
Frogbit (n.) A European plant (Hydrocharis Morsus-ranae), floating on still water and propagating itself by runners. It has roundish leaves and small white flowers.
Frogbit (n.) An American plant (Limnobium Spongia), with similar habits.
Frogfish (n.) See Angler, n., 2.
Frogfish (n.) An oceanic fish of the genus Antennarius or Pterophrynoides; -- called also mousefish and toadfish.
Frogged (a.) Provided or ornamented with frogs; as, a frogged coat. See Frog, n., 4.
Froggy (a.) Abounding in frogs.
Frogmouth (n.) One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of the genus Batrachostomus (family Podargidae); -- so called from their very broad, flat bills.
Frogs-bit (n.) Frogbit.
Frogshell (n.) One of numerous species of marine gastropod shells, belonging to Ranella and allied genera.
Froise (n.) A kind of pancake. See 1st Fraise.
Frolic (a.) Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.
Frolic (n.) A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth.
Frolic (n.) A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking.
Frolicked (imp. & p. p.) of Frolic
Frolicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frolic
Frolic (v. i.) To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport.
Frolicful (a.) Frolicsome.
Frolicky (a.) Frolicsome.
Frolicly (adv.) In a frolicsome manner; with mirth and gayety.
Frolicsome (a.) Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive.
From (prep.) Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of which anything proceeds; -- the aritithesis and correlative of to; as, it, is one hundred miles from Boston to Springfield; he took his sword from his side; light proceeds from the sun; separate the coarse wool from the fine; men have all sprung from Adam, and often go from good to bad, and from bad to worse; the merit of an action depends on the principle from which it proceeds; men judge of facts from personal knowledge, or from testimony.
Fromward (prep.) Alt. of Fromwards
Fromwards (prep.) A way from; -- the contrary of toward.
Frond (n.) The organ formed by the combination or union into one body of stem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification; as, the frond of a fern or of a lichen or seaweed; also, the peculiar leaf of a palm tree.
Frondation (n.) The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches; a kind of pruning.
Fronde (n.) A political party in France, during the minority of Louis XIV., who opposed the government, and made war upon the court party.
Fronded (a.) Furnished with fronds.
Frondent (a.) Covered with leaves; leafy; as, a frondent tree.
Frondesce (v. i.) To unfold leaves, as plants.
Frondescence (n.) The time at which each species of plants unfolds its leaves.
Frondescence (n.) The act of bursting into leaf.
Frondeur (n.) A member of the Fronde.
Frondiferous (a.) Producing fronds.
Frondlet (n.) A very small frond, or distinct portion of a compound frond.
Frondose (a.) Frond bearing; resembling a frond; having a simple expansion not separable into stem and leaves.
Frondose (a.) Leafy.
Frondous (a.) Frondose.
Frons (n.) The forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.
Front (n.) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
Front (n.) The forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming; as, a bold front; a hardened front.
Front (n.) The part or surface of anything which seems to look out, or to be directed forward; the fore or forward part; the foremost rank; the van; -- the opposite to back or rear; as, the front of a house; the front of an army.
Front (n.) A position directly before the face of a person, or before the foremost part of a thing; as, in front of un person, of the troops, or of a house.
Front (n.) The most conspicuous part.
Front (n.) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
Front (n.) The beginning.
Front (a.) Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, a front view.
Fronted (imp. & p. p.) of Front
Fronting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Front
Front (v. t.) To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner.
Front (v. t.) To appear before; to meet.
Front (v. t.) To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as, the house fronts the street.
Front (v. t.) To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church.
Front (v. t.) To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel.
Front (v. t.) To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the house fronts toward the east.
Frontage (n.) The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.
Frontal (a.) Belonging to the front part; being in front
Frontal (a.) Of or pertaining to the forehead or the anterior part of the roof of the brain case; as, the frontal bones.
Frontal (n.) Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet
Frontal (n.) An ornamental band for the hair.
Frontal (n.) The metal face guard of a soldier.
Frontal (n.) A little pediment over a door or window.
Frontal (n.) A movable, decorative member in metal, carved wood, or, commonly, in rich stuff or in embroidery, covering the front of the altar. Frontals are usually changed according to the different ceremonies.
Frontal (n.) A medicament or application for the forehead.
Frontal (n.) The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium.
Frontate (a.) Alt. of Fron'tated