Part 34

~Foredoom~, _v. a._ Predestine, foreordain, preordain, doom beforehand.

~Forefather~, _n._ Progenitor, ancestor, father, foregoer.

~For effect~, To make an impression, for the sake of effect.

~Forefend~, _v. a._ [_Rare._] Avert, prevent, hinder, forbid, ward off, keep off.

~Forego~, _v. a._ Relinquish, resign, surrender, cede, yield, abandon, give up, part with, let go.

~Foregoer~, _n._ ~1.~ Precursor, forerunner, herald, harbinger, avant- courier.

~2.~ Ancestor, forefather, progenitor, father.

~Foregoing~, _a._ Preceding, previous, antecedent, prior, former.

~Foregone~, _a._ Predetermined, decided beforehand.

~Forehanded~, _a._ [_U. S._] Beforehand, in comfortable circumstances (_as respects property_), well off, well to do.

~Forehead~, _n._ Front, brow.

~Foreign~, _a._ ~1.~ Alien, outlandish, exotic, not native, not domestic, from abroad.

~2.~ Remote, not allied, not pertinent, not appropriate, not congenial, not connected, not belonging.

~3.~ Extraneous, extrinsic, adventitious.

~Foreigner~, _n._ Alien, stranger.

~Foreknow~, _v. a._ Foresee, forebode, know beforehand, be prescient of, have prescience of, have previous knowledge of, have foreknowledge of.

~Foreknowledge~, _n._ Foresight, prescience, previous knowledge.

~Foreland~, _n._ Promontory, cape, headland, point of land.

~Foreman~, _n._ ~1.~ Presiding officer (_of a jury_).

~2.~ Overseer, superintendent, BOSS, chief workman, master workman.

~Forementioned~, _a._ Aforesaid, above-mentioned, forenamed.

~Foremost~, _a._ First, most advanced, front.

~Forename~, _n._ Christian name.

~Forenamed~, _a._ Aforesaid, above-mentioned, forementioned, above- named.

~Forensic~, _a._ Juridical, judicial.

~Foreordain~, _v. a._ Predestinate, predetermine, preordain, foredoom.

~Forerun~, _v. a._ Precede, go before, come before.

~Forerunner~, _n._ ~1.~ Precursor, harbinger, herald, foregoer, avant- courier.

~2.~ Prelude, prognostic, sign, omen.

~Foresee~, _v. a._ Foreknow, forecast, forebode, see beforehand, have prescience of, be prescient of.

~Foreshadow~, _v. a._ Prefigure, foreshow, foretell, predict, prognosticate, presignify.

~Foreshow~, _v. a._ Prefigure, FORESHADOW.

~Foresight~, _n._ ~1.~ Foreknowledge, prescience, prevision.

~2.~ Forecast, forethought, precaution, prudence, anticipation, provident regard to the future.

~Foreskin~, _n._ Prepuce.

~Forest~, _n._ Wood (_of large extent_), woods, woodland, grove.

~Forestall~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Anticipate, foretaste, antedate, take in advance.

~2.~ Engross, monopolize, regrate, get exclusive possession of (_in order to enhance prices_).

~Foretaste~, _v. a._ Anticipate, FORESTALL.

~Foretaste~, _n._ Anticipation, antepast, prelibation, forestalling, presentiment, taste beforehand.

~Foretell~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Predict, prophesy.

~2.~ Prognosticate, foreshow, foreshadow, presignify, betoken, portend, augur, bode, presage.

~Forethought~, _n._ Foresight, forecast, anticipation, precaution, prudence, provident regard to the future.

~For ever~, _ad._ Always, perpetually, eternally, endlessly, ever, evermore, AYE, for aye, at all times, to the end of time, time without end, through endless ages.

~Forewarn~, _v. a._ Caution, admonish, advise, warn.

~Forfeit~, _n._ Fine, mulct, amercement, penalty, forfeiture.

~Forfeit~, _v. a._ Lose (_by some offence, by neglect, or by breach of condition_).

~Forfeiture~, _n._ ~1.~ Loss (_by some offence, &c._).

~2.~ Fine, mulct, amercement, penalty, forfeit.

~Forge~, _n._ ~1.~ Smithy (_for heavy work_), iron-works.

~2.~ Furnace (_to make iron more malleable_), shingling-mill.

~Forge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Beat (_metal_), form (_by heating and hammering_).

~2.~ Devise, invent, frame, coin.

~3.~ Falsify, counterfeit, fabricate.

~Forger~, _n._ ~1.~ Maker, contriver.

~2.~ Counterfeiter, falsifier.

~Forgery~, _n._ ~1.~ Counterfeiting, falsification.

~2.~ Counterfeit.

~Forget~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lose the remembrance of, let slip from the mind, not remember.

~2.~ Think no more of, consign to oblivion.

~Forgetful~, _a._ ~1.~ Apt to forget.

~2.~ Negligent, inattentive, neglectful, careless, heedless, mindless.

~Forgetfulness~, _n._ ~1.~ Aptness to forget, failure of memory.

~2.~ OBLIVION.

~3.~ Negligence, inattention, carelessness, heedlessness.

~Forget one's self~, Lose self-control, commit an indiscretion.

~Forgive~, _v. a._ PARDON (_especially for a small offence_), absolve, excuse, acquit.

~Forgiveness~, _n._ PARDON, absolution, remission, acquittal.

~For good~, Finally, as the final move, for good and all.

~For good and all~, FOR GOOD.

~Forgotten~, _a._ ~1.~ Gone from one's mind, out of one's recollection.

~2.~ Buried in oblivion, sunk in oblivion.

~Fork~, _n._ Branch, division, divarication.

~Fork~, _v. n._ Branch, divide.

~Forked~, _a._ Furcate, furcated.

~Forlorn~, _a._ ~1.~ Deserted, abandoned, forsaken, friendless, solitary, lost.

~2.~ Wretched, miserable, pitiable, destitute, helpless, comfortless, disconsolate, woe-begone.

~Forlorn hope~, ~1.~ Vanguard, skirmishers, advanced body of troops.

~2.~ Desperate case, doubtful enterprise, hazardous adventure.

~Form~, _n._ ~1.~ Shape (_with especial reference to structure_), figure, configuration, conformation, mould, fashion, cast, cut, TOURNURE.

~2.~ Mode, method, formula, formulary, established practice.

~3.~ Manner, system.

~4.~ Regularity, order, arrangement, shapeliness.

~5.~ Ceremony, formality, ceremonial, conventionality, etiquette, conventional rule.

~6.~ Empty show, mere appearance.

~7.~ Bench, long seat (_without a back_).

~8.~ Class, rank of students.

~9.~ Type in a chase (_ready for printing_).

~10.~ Mould, pattern, model.

~Form~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fashion, shape, carve, mould.

~2.~ Make, create, produce.

~3.~ Contrive, devise, invent, frame.

~4.~ Constitute, compose, make up.

~5.~ Arrange, dispose, combine.

~Formal~, _a._ ~1.~ Express, explicit, positive, in due form, according to established form.

~2.~ Regular, methodical.

~3.~ Ceremonious, precise, punctilious, stiff, starch, starched, prim, affectedly exact.

~4.~ Constitutive, essential.

~5.~ External, as mere form.

~Formality~, _n._ ~1.~ Custom, established mode, settled method, rule of proceeding.

~2.~ Ceremony, conventionality, etiquette, mere form.

~Formation~, _n._ Creation, production.

~Formative~, _a._ ~1.~ Plastic.

~2.~ (_Gram._) Derivative, not radical.

~Former~, _a._ Maker, framer, author, creator, constructor.

~Former~, _a._ ~1.~ Previous, prior, anterior, antecedent, preceding, foregoing.

~2.~ Quondam, ci-devant, late, old-time.

~3.~ Past, gone by.

~4.~ First named, first mentioned.

~Formerly~, _ad._ Heretofore, anciently, aforetime, of old, in times past, in days of yore, long ago, in past ages.

~Formidable~, _a._ Fearful, dreadful, terrible, REDOUBTABLE, frightful, terrific, horrible, tremendous.

~Formula~, _n._ Form, rule, model, formulary.

~Formulary~, _n._ ~1.~ Book of forms.

~2.~ Form, model, rule, formula.

~3.~ Ritual.

~Fornicate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Arched, vaulted.

~Forray~, _n._ [Written also _Foray_.] Inroad, irruption, raid, descent, partial invasion, hostile incursion.

~Forsake~, _v. a._ Leave, quit, desert, relinquish, abandon, renounce, forswear, drop, give up, give over, cast off.

~Forsaker~, _n._ Deserter.

~Forsooth~, _ad._ Certainly, truly, really, in truth, in fact, of a truth, in good truth.

~Forswear~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Renounce (_upon oath_), reject, leave, quit, desert, forsake, abandon, drop.

~2.~ Deny, abjure, recant, retract.

~Forswear one's self~, Perjure one's self, take a false oath, swear falsely, bear false witness, break one's word, break one's faith, play false.

~Fort~, _n._ Fortification, fortress, stronghold, bulwark, castle, citadel, fastness, fortified place.

~Forte~, _n._ Peculiar talent, special gift, strong side, chief excellence, strong point, that in which one excels.

~Forth~, _ad._ ~1.~ Onward, forward.

~2.~ Out, abroad, from retirement, from confinement.

~For the best~, To secure the best result.

~For the better~, For improvement, for greater good.

~For the nonce~, For the occasion, for the present time, for the present purpose.

~For the present~, For the time being, for a while.

~Forthwith~, _ad._ Immediately, directly, instantly, INSTANTER, without delay.

~Fortification~, _n._ ~1.~ Military architecture.

~2.~ Fort, FORTRESS, stronghold, castle, citadel, bulwark, fortified place.

~Fortify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Protect by fortifications.

~2.~ Strengthen, confirm, brace, add strength to.

~Fortiter in re~, [L.] With vigor and firmness in action.

~Fortitude~, _n._ Endurance (_with courage_), firmness, resolution, patience, strength of mind, passive courage.

~Fortnight~, _n._ Two weeks.

~Fortress~, _n._ Fortification, fort, stronghold, castle, citadel, fortified place (_of great magnitude_).

~Fortuitous~, _a._ Accidental, casual, contingent, incidental, happening by chance.

~Fortuity~, _n._ Accidentalness, chance, contingency.

~Fortunate~, _a._ ~1.~ LUCKY, successful, prosperous, favored, happy.

~2.~ Propitious, auspicious, favorable.

~Fortune~, _n._ ~1.~ Chance, accident, luck, hap, fortuity.

~2.~ Livelihood, means of living.

~3.~ Estate, substance, property, possessions.

~4.~ Wealth, riches, opulence.

~5.~ Destiny, fate, destination, doom, lot, star, future condition.

~6.~ Event, issue, result.

~7.~ Success, favorable issue.

~Fortune-teller~, _n._ Augur, soothsayer, prophet, seer.

~Forum~, _n._ Tribunal, court, court of justice.

~Forward~, _ad._ Onward, progressively, not backward.

~Forwards~, _ad._ Onward, progressively, not backward.

~Forward~, _a._ ~1.~ Onward, progressive.

~2.~ Front, fore, at the fore part, near the fore part.

~3.~ Ready, prompt, willing, eager, earnest, zealous.

~4.~ Bold, confident, presumptuous, presuming, impertinent, pert, flippant, brazen, assuming, brazen-faced, BRASSY, CHEEKY.

~5.~ Early, premature.

~Forward~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Advance, promote, further, foster, support, favor, encourage, help on, help forward.

~2.~ Quicken, hasten, accelerate, expedite, speed, despatch, hurry.

~3.~ Transmit, send on, send forward.

~Fosse~, _n._ (_Fort._) Ditch, moat, graff.

~Fossil~, _n._ Petrifaction.

~Foster~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Nurse, nourish, feed, support, sustain, bring up, rear up.

~2.~ Cherish, encourage, favor, promote, stimulate, forward, further, advance, help on, help forward.

~Foul~, _a._ ~1.~ Impure, nasty, squalid, dirty, polluted, filthy, unclean, soiled, tarnished, stained, sullied.

~2.~ Disgusting, loathsome, offensive, noisome.

~3.~ Base, scandalous, infamous, vile, scurvy, unfair, dishonorable, sinister, wicked, dark, abominable, detestable, disgraceful, shameful.

~4.~ Obscene, vulgar, coarse, low.

~5.~ Abusive, insulting, scurrilous, foul-mouthed.

~6.~ Stormy, rainy, cloudy.

~Foul play~, Injustice, unfairness, dishonesty, wrong.

~Foul-mouthed~, _a._ Abusive, insulting, insolent, blackguard, scurrilous, foul.

~Foumart~, _n._ Polecat, fitchew, fitchet (_Mustela putorius_).

~Found~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Base, set, fix, place, ground, lay the foundation of.

~2.~ Build, construct, erect, raise.

~3.~ Establish, institute, originate.

~4.~ Cast, form in a mould.

~Foundation~, _n._ ~1.~ Basis, base, groundwork, footing, bottom.

~2.~ Establishment, settlement.

~3.~ Endowment.

~Founder~, _n._ ~1.~ Originator, institutor, establisher, planter.

~2.~ Caster (_of metals_).

~Founder~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Sink (_as a ship by filling with water_), go to the bottom.

~2.~ Fail, miscarry.

~3.~ Trip, stumble, fall.

~Foundling~, _n._ Abandoned infant.

~Fount~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Poetical._] Spring, fountain.

~2.~ Font, assortment of types.

~Fountain~, _n._ ~1.~ Spring, well, font.

~2.~ Jet, JET D'EAU.

~3.~ Source, original, origin, cause, first principle, fountain-head.

~Fountain-head~, _n._ Source, original, origin, cause, fountain, first principle.

~Fourfold~, _a._ Quadruple.

~Fourfold~, _n._ Four times as many, four times as much.

~Four-handed~, _a._ Quadrumanous.

~Fourierism~, _n._ Socialism, phalansterianism, humanitarianism, Saint Simonianism.

~Fourscore~, _a._ & _n._ Eighty.

~Foursquare~, _a._ Quadrangular.

~Fowl~, _n._ ~1.~ Bird, winged animal.

~2.~ Poultry, barn-door fowl, domestic fowl.

~Fox-shark~, _n._ Thrasher, sea-fox, sea-ape (_Carcharias vulpea_).

~Foxy~, _a._ Artful, wily, cunning, crafty, sly, subtle.

~Fracas~, _n._ Uproar, tumult, disturbance, row, outbreak, noisy quarrel.

~Fraction~, _n._ ~1.~ Part, portion, fragment, section, piece, bit, scrap.

~2.~ (_Arith._) Part of a unit.

~Fractional~, _a._ Broken, fragmentary.

~Fractious~, _a._ Cross, captious, petulant, touchy, testy, peevish, fretful, splenetic, pettish, snappish, waspish, irritable.

~Fracture~, _n._ ~1.~ Breaking, rupture.

~2.~ Break, crack, breach, cleft, fissure, rift, flaw, rent, opening.

~Fragile~, _a._ ~1.~ Brittle, frangible, easily broken.

~2.~ Frail, weak, feeble, INFIRM.

~Fragility~, _n._ ~1.~ Brittleness, frangibleness.

~2.~ Frailty, weakness, feebleness.

~Fragment~, _n._ Remnant, scrap, chip, detached part, part broken off.

~Fragmentary~, _a._ Fractional, broken.

~Fragrance~, _n._ Perfume, aroma, redolence, balminess, incense, pleasing scent, grateful odor, sweetness of smell.

~Fragrancy~, _n._ Perfume, aroma, redolence, balminess, incense, pleasing scent, grateful odor, sweetness of smell.

~Fragrant~, _a._ Aromatic, redolent, balmy, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, sweet-smelling, sweet-scented.

~Frail~, _a._ ~1.~ Fragile, frangible, BRITTLE, easily broken (_across_).

~2.~ Weak, feeble, fragile, INFIRM.

~3.~ Liable to err, easily led astray, of infirm virtue.

~Frailty~, _a._ ~1.~ Weakness, feebleness, infirmity, frailness.

~2.~ Fault, foible, defect, imperfection, failing, weak point, weak side, blind side.

~3.~ Liability to err, proneness error, want of moral strength.

~Frame~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Construct, build, put together.

~2.~ Form, compose, make, constitute.

~3.~ Invent, devise, plan, contrive.

~4.~ Fabricate, forge.

~5.~ Put into a frame.

~Frame~, _n._ ~1.~ Skeleton, framing, framework, carcass.

~2.~ Form, structure, fabric, system, scheme, constitution.

~3.~ Condition, state, temper, mood.

~Framer~, _n._ Former, maker, author, creator, constructer.

~Framework~, _n._ Skeleton, frame, framing, carcass.

~Franchise~, _n._ ~1.~ Right, privilege.

~2.~ Immunity, exemption.

~Frangible~, _a._ Brittle, fragile, easily broken.

~Frank~, _a._ Artless, candid, open, ingenuous, free, sincere, frank- hearted, unreserved, without disguise.

~Frank-hearted~, _a._ Candid, open, ingenuous, FRANK.

~Frankincense~, _n._ ~1.~ Gallipot, Burgundy pitch.

~2.~ OLIBANUM.

~Frantic~, _a._ Furious, raving, raging, mad, distracted, wild, infuriate, frenzied.

~Fraternal~, _a._ Brotherly.

~Fraternity~, _n._ Association, society, company, circle, brotherhood, sociality, league, clan, united body.

~Fraternize~, _v. n._ Sympathize, harmonize, consort, coalesce, concur, associate (_as brothers_), COTTON, make common cause, HITCH HORSES TOGETHER.

~Fraud~, _n._ Deceit, deception, duplicity, imposition, imposture, guile, trick, cheat, chouse, artifice, stratagem, wile, COLLUSION, humbug, hoax.

~Fraudulent~, _a._ Dishonest, knavish, treacherous, deceitful, deceptive, false, trickish, TRICKY, crafty, wily, collusive, covinous.

~Fraught~, _a._ Filled, stored, freighted, laden, charged.

~Fray~, _n._ ~1.~ Combat, battle, fight.

~2.~ Broil, quarrel, riot, affray.

~Fray~, _v. a._ Rub, wear, fret.

~Freak~, _n._ ~1.~ Whim, whimsey, caprice, fancy, humor, crotchet, maggot, vagary, quirk, WRINKLE.

~2.~ Gambol, antic, caper.

~Freakish~, _a._ Whimsical, capricious, odd, humorsome, erratic.

~Free~, _a._ ~1.~ Independent, unrestrained, at liberty.

~2.~ Released, delivered, emancipated, liberated.

~3.~ Exempt, clear.

~4.~ Allowed, permitted, open.

~5.~ Unobstructed, unimpeded, unrestricted, open.

~6.~ Frank, ingenuous, candid, artless, sincere, unreserved, frank- hearted.

~7.~ Generous, liberal, bountiful, charitable, munificent, free- hearted, open-handed, not parsimonious.

~8.~ Prodigal, lavish, immoderate.

~9.~ Ready, eager, prompt, willing.

~10.~ Gratuitous, spontaneous, willing.

~Free~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Liberate, emancipate, manumit, release, disinthral, enfranchise, deliver, set free, set at liberty.

~2.~ Rid, clear, disengage.

~Freebooter~, _n._ Robber, plunderer, pillager, despoiler, highwayman, footpad, brigand, bandit, marauder.

~Freedom~, _n._ ~1.~ LIBERTY, independence, exemption from restraint.

~2.~ Scope, range, play, swing, free play, full play, full swing.

~3.~ Franchise, immunity, privilege.

~4.~ Familiarity, license.

~Free-hearted~, _a._ Liberal, generous, bounteous, bountiful, open- handed.

~Free play~, Freedom, range, scope, full play, swing, full swing.

~Free-spoken~, _a._ Frank, unreserved.

~Free-thinker~, _n._ Sceptic, unbeliever, infidel, DEIST.

~Free-will~, _n._ ~1.~ Unrestrained will, power of choice.

~2.~ Spontaneity, voluntariness.

~Free-will~, _a._ Voluntary, spontaneous.

~Freeze~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be congealed, be frozen.

~2.~ Be chilled.

~Freeze~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Congeal, solidify by cold, turn to ice.

~2.~ Chill, benumb.

~Freight~, _v. a._ Load, lade, charge.

~Freight~, _n._ ~1.~ Cargo, lading, load, burden.

~2.~ Freightage, freight money, charge for freight.

~Freightage~, _n._ Freight, freight money.

~French-pie~, Great spotted woodpecker (_Picus major_).

~Frenzy~, _n._ [Sometimes written _Phrensy_.] Madness, rage, fury, distraction, raving, insanity, lunacy, derangement, mania, delirium, aberration of mind.

~Frequency~, _n._ Oftenness, common occurrence.

~Frequent~, _a._ Common, usual, oft-repeated, every day, of common occurrence.

~Frequent~, _v. a._ Haunt, visit often, resort to frequently.

~Frequently~, _ad._ Often, repeatedly, many times, at short intervals, not rarely, not seldom.

~Fresh~, _a._ ~1.~ Now, recent.

~2.~ Blooming, nourishing, unfaded.

~3.~ Good, sweet, of recent growth, in a good state, not stale.

~4.~ Florid, healthy, well, hearty, vigorous, hardy, strong.

~5.~ Vivid, lively, not dulled, not impaired.

~6.~ Just received, just arrived.

~7.~ Not salt, without salt.

~8.~ Pure and cool.

~9.~ Brisk, strong, forcible.

~10.~ Raw, uncultivated, unpractised, untrained, unskilled, inexperienced.

~Freshen~, _v. a._ Make fresh.

~Freshen~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Grow fresh.

~2.~ Grow brisk (_said of the wind_).

~Freshet~, _n._ Sudden flood (_in a river from rains or melting snow_).

~Freshman~, _n._ ~1.~ Novice, tyro, beginner, learner.

~2.~ Student of the first year (_in colleges_), student of the lowest class.

~Fret~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Rub, chafe, wear (_by friction_), wear away.

~2.~ Vex, tease, irritate, gall, provoke, nettle, affront, make angry.

~3.~ Variegate, diversify.

~Fret~, _v. n._ Chafe, fume, rage, be vexed, be irritated, be chafed, be peevish, be fretful, be angry.

~Fret~, _n._ ~1.~ Agitation, irritation, vexation.

~2.~ Herpes, tetter, ringworm.

~Fretful~, _a._ Peevish, petulant, touchy, testy, snappish, waspish, pettish, splenetic, spleeny, captious, irritable, ill-humored.

~Fretfulness~, _n._ Peevishness, petulance, testiness, ill-humor, ill- temper.

~Friable~, _a._ Crumbling, brittle, crisp, pulverable, easily crumbled.

~Friar's lantern~, _n._ IGNIS FATUUS, will o' the wisp, jack-a-lantern.

~Fribble~, _a._ Trifling, frivolous, silly.

~Fribble~, _n._ Trifler, frivolous fellow.

~Friction~, _n._ Attrition, abrasion, confrication, rubbing.

~Friend~, _n._ ~1.~ Patron, advocate, confidant, adherent, associate, ally, intimate, good genius, bosom friend.

~2.~ Favorer, encourager, well-wisher.

~3.~ Quaker.

~Friendly~, _a._ ~1.~ Amicable, fraternal, neighborly, kind, well- affected, on good terms, on friendly terms; on a friendly, familiar, or intimate footing; not hostile, not inimical.

~2.~ Favorable, propitious, salutary.

~Friendship~, _n._ Friendliness, amity, amicableness, fellowship, attachment, intimacy.

~Fright~, _v. a._ [_Poetical._] Frighten.

~Fright~, _n._ Alarm, affright, terror, dismay, consternation, panic, sudden fear.

~Frighten~, _v. a._ Alarm, affright, terrify, scare, dismay, daunt, intimidate, shock with sudden fear.

~Frightful~, _a._ Terrible, terrific, GREWSOME, fearful, alarming, dreadful, direful, dire, horrid, horrible, awful, shocking.

~Frigid~, _a._ ~1.~ Cold, cool, GELID, not hot, of a low temperature.

~2.~ Dull, unanimated, lifeless.

~3.~ Forbidding, formal, prim, stiff, repulsive, chilling.

~Frigidity~, _n._ ~1.~ Coldness, coolness, frigidness.

~2.~ Dulness, lifelessness, want of animation.

~Frigidness~, _n._ FRIGIDITY.

~Frill~, _n._ Ruffle, edging.

~Fringed~, _a._ Fimbriate, fimbriated.

~Frippery~, _n._ ~1.~ Old clothes, cast-off dresses.

~2.~ Trumpery, second-hand finery.

~Friseur~, _n._ [Fr.] Hair-dresser.

~Frisk~, _v. n._ Leap, skip, hop, frolic, romp, gambol, dance.

~Frisky~, _a._ Gay, lively, playful, sportive, frolicsome, coltish, full of frolic.

~Frith~, _n._ ~1.~ Strait.

~2.~ Estuary, inlet, arm of the sea.

~Fritter~, _n._ ~1.~ Small pan-cake, doughnut, fried cake.

~2.~ Fragment, piece, shred.

~Fritter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Slice, cut into small pieces.

~2.~ Break into fragments.

~Fritter away, 1.~ Diminish, pare off, reduce to nothing.

~2.~ Misuse (_time_), waste, idle away, fool away.

~Frivolity~, _n._ Levity, puerility, triflingness, triviality, frivolousness, folly.

~Frivolous~, _a._ Trifling, trivial, worthless, petty, flimsy, idle, puerile, childish, trashy, foolish.

~Frivolousness~, _n._ FRIVOLITY.

~Frizzle~, _v. a._ Curl, crisp.

~Froghopper~, _n._ Frothworm.

~Frolic~, _n._ ~1.~ Gambol, escapade, spree, lark, bender, wild prank, flight of levity.

~2.~ Fun, pleasantry, drollery.

~3.~ Scene of merriment.

~Frolic~, _v. n._ Be merry, be frolicsome, play pranks, cut capers.

~Frolicsome~, _a._ Sportive, playful, DAFT, gamesome, gay, lively, frisky, coltish, full of frolic.

~From far~, From a great distance.

~From hand to hand~, From one person to another.

~From hand to mouth~, Precariously, as want requires, by spending the wages of to-day for to-day's necessities.

~Front~, _n._ ~1.~ Forehead, brow.

~2.~ Van, fore-rank.

~3.~ Forepart, forward part.

~Front~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Face, stand over against, stand opposite to.

~2.~ Confront, encounter, oppose, meet face to face.

~Front~, _v. n._ Face, be opposite.

~Frontal~, _n._ Frontlet, brow-band.

~Frontier~, _n._ Confine, border, boundary, COAST, marches, limits.

~Frontier~, _a._ Conterminous, bordering.

~Frontlet~, _n._ Frontal, brow-band.

~Frost~, _n._ Rime, hoar-frost, frozen dew.

~Frost~, _v. a._ Ice, cover with frosting.

~Frost-fish~, _n._ Tom-cod (_Morrhua pruinosa_).

~Frosting~, _n._ Icing, concreted sugar (_for coating cake_).

~Frost-weed~, _n._ FROST-WORT.

~Frost-wort~, _n._ Frost-weed, rock-rose (_Helianthemum Canadensis_).

~Frosty~, _a._ ~1.~ Cold, icy, wintry.

~2.~ White, gray-haired.

~Froth~, _n._ Spume, foam.

~Froth-spit~, _n._ Cuckoo-spittle.

~Frothworm~, _n._ Froghopper.

~Frothy~, _a._ ~1.~ Foamy, spumy.

~2.~ Trifling, light, empty, trivial, vain, frivolous, unsubstantial.

~Froward~, _a._ Fractious, perverse, refractory, untoward, unyielding, ungovernable, disobedient, wayward, peevish, petulant, cross.

~Frown~, _v. n._ Scowl, look stern.

~Frown~, _n._ Scowl, stern look.

~Frowzy~, _a._ ~1.~ [_Low._] Fetid, rank, noisome, slinking, offensive, ill-scented, strong-smelling.

~2.~ Rough and tangled (_as the hair_).

~Fructify~, _v. a._ Fertilize, make fruitful.

~Frugal~, _a._ Provident, economical, saving, sparing, choice, chary, careful, thrifty; not profuse, prodigal, or lavish.

~Frugality~, _n._ Economy, thrift, thriftiness, good husbandry.

~Fruit~, _n._ ~1.~ Produce (_of the earth for the supply of man and animals_), harvest, crop.

~2.~ Product, result, consequence, effect.

~3.~ Offspring, issue, young.

~4.~ (_Bot._) Matured ovary.