The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 630
Freely we serve Because we freely love. Milton.
Syn. -- Independently; voluntarily; spontaneously; unconditionally; unobstructedly; willingly; readily; liberally; generously; bounteously; munificently; bountifully; abundantly; largely; copiously; plentifully; plenteously.
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Free"man (?) , n. ; pl. Freemen (#) . [AS. fre\'a2man ; fre\'a2 free + mann man.] 1. One who enjoys liberty, or who is not subject to the will of another; one not a slave or vassal.
2. A member of a corporation, company, or city, possessing certain privileges; a member of a borough, town, or State, who has the right to vote at elections. See Liveryman .
Burrill.
Both having been made freemen on the same day. Addison.
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Free"-mar`tin (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male.
Freemason <Xpage=594>
Free"ma`son (?) , n. One of an ancient and secret association or fraternity, said to have been at first composed of masons or builders in stone, but now consisting of persons who are united for social enjoyment and mutual assistance.
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Free`ma*son"ic (?) , a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the institutions or the practices of freemasons; as, a freemasonic signal .
Freemasonry <Xpage=594>
Free"ma`son*ry (?) , n. The institutions or the practices of freemasons.
Free-milling <Xpage=594>
Free"-mill`ing (?) , a. Yielding free gold or silver; -- said of certain ores which can be reduced by crushing and amalgamation, without roasting or other chemical treatment.
Raymond.
Free-minded <Xpage=594>
Free"-mind`ed (?) , a. Not perplexed; having a mind free from care.
Bacon.
Freeness <Xpage=594>
Free"ness , n. The state or quality of being free; freedom; liberty; openness; liberality; gratuitousness.
Freer <Xpage=594>
Fre"er (?) , n. One who frees, or sets free.
Free-soil <Xpage=594>
Free"-soil` (?) , a. Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery; -- esp. applied to a party which was active during the period 1846-1856. [U.S.] -- Free"soil`er (#) , n. [U.S.] -- Free"-soil`ism (#) , n. [U.S.]
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Free"-spo`ken (?) , a. Accustomed to speak without reserve.
Bacon.
-- Free"-spo`ken-ness , n.
Freestone <Xpage=594>
Free"stone` (?) , n. A stone composed of sand or grit; -- so called because it is easily cut or wrought.
Freestone <Xpage=594>
Free"stone` , a. Having the flesh readily separating from the stone, as in certain kinds of peaches.
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Free"-swim`ming (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Swimming in the open sea; -- said of certain marine animals.
Freethinker <Xpage=594>
Free"think`er (?) , n. One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions independently of the authority of revelation or of the church; an unbeliever; -- a term assumed by deists and skeptics in the eighteenth century.
Atheist is an old-fashioned word: I'm a freethinker , child. Addison.
Syn. -- Infidel; skeptic; unbeliever. See Infidel .
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Free"think`ing , n. Undue boldness of speculation; unbelief. Berkeley. -- a. Exhibiting undue boldness of speculation; skeptical.
Free-tongued <Xpage=594>
Free"-tongued` (?) , a. Speaking without reserve.
Bp. Hall.
Free will <Xpage=594>
Free will (?) . 1. A will free from improper coercion or restraint.
To come thus was I not constrained, but did On my free will . Shak.
2. The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity.
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Free"will` (?) , a. Of or pertaining to free will; voluntary; spontaneous; as, a freewill offering .
Frewill Baptists . See under Baptist .
Freezable <Xpage=594>
Freez"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being frozen.
Freeze <Xpage=594>
Freeze (?) , n. (Arch.) A frieze. [Obs.]
Freeze <Xpage=594>
Freeze , v. i. [ imp. Froze (?) ; p. p. Frozen (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Freezing .] [OE. fresen , freosen , AS. fre\'a2san ; akin to D. vriezen , OHG. iosan , G. frieren , Icel. frjsa , Sw. frysa , Dan. fryse , Goth. frius cold, frost, and prob. to L. prurire to itch, E. prurient , cf. L. prna a burning coal, pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv\'be ice, prush to spirt. <?/ 18. Cf. Frost .] 1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be hardened into ice or a like solid body.
&hand; Water freezes at 32° above zero by Fahrenheit's thermometer; mercury freezes at 40° below zero.
2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood freezes in the veins .
To freeze up ( Fig .), to become formal and cold in demeanor. [Colloq.]
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Freeze , v. t. 1. To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.
2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
A faint, cold fear runs through my veins, That almost freezes up the heat of life. Shak.
Freeze <Xpage=594>
Freeze , n. The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed. [Colloq.]
Freezer <Xpage=594>
Freez"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, cools or freezes, as a refrigerator, or the tub and can used in the process of freezing ice cream.
Freezing <Xpage=594>
Freez"ing , a. Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner. -- Frrez"ing*ly , adv.
Freezing machine . See Ice machine , under Ice . -- Freezing mixture , a mixture (of salt and snow or of chemical salts) for producing intense cold. -- Freezing point , that degree of a thermometer at which a fluid begins to freeze; -- applied particularly to water, whose freezing point is at 32° Fahr., and at 0° Centigrade.
Freieslebenite <Xpage=594>
Frei"es*le`ben*ite (?) , n. [Named after the German chemist Freiesleben .] A sulphide of antimony, lead, and silver, occuring in monoclinic crystals.
Freight <Xpage=594>
Freight (?) , n. [F. fret , OHG. fr<?/ht merit, reward. See Fraught , n. ] 1. That with which anything in fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of cotton; a full freight .
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2. (Law) (a) The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired. (b) The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods.
Wharton.
3. Freight transportation, or freight line.
Freight <Xpage=595>
Freight (?) , a. Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car .
Freight agent , a person employed by a transportation company to receive, forward, or deliver goods. -- Freight car . See under Car . -- Freight train , a railroad train made up of freight cars; -- called in England goods train .
Freight <Xpage=595>
Freight , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Freighted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Freighting .] [Cf. F. freter .] To load with goods, as a ship, or vehicle of any kind, for transporting them from one place to another; to furnish with freight; as, to freight a ship; to freight a car.
Freightage <Xpage=595>
Freight"age (?) , n. 1. Charge for transportation; expense of carriage.
2. The transportation of freight.
3. Freight; cargo; lading. Milton.
Freighter <Xpage=595>
Freight"er (?) , n. 1. One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.
2. One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
3. One for whom freight is transported.
4. A vessel used mainly to carry freight.
Freightless <Xpage=595>
Freight"less , a. Destitute of freight.
Frelte <Xpage=595>
Frel"te (?) , n. Frailty. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Fremd, Fremed <Xpage=595>
Fremd (?) , Frem"ed (?) a. [OE., from AS. fremede , fremde ; akin to G. fremd .] Strange; foreign. [Old Eng. & Scot.]
Chaucer.
Fren <Xpage=595>
Fren (?) , n. [OE. frenne , contr. fr. forrene foreign. See Foreign , a. ] A stranger. [Obs.]
Spenser.
French <Xpage=595>
French (?) , a. [AS. frencisc , LL. franciscus , from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis , franchois , fran<?/ois , F. fran<?/ais. See Frank , a. , and cf. Frankish .] Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
French bean ( Bot .), the common kidney bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris ). -- French berry (Bot.) , the berry of a species of buckthorn ( Rhamnus catharticus ), which affords a saffron, green or purple pigment. -- French casement (Arch.) See French window , under Window . -- French chalk (Min.) , a variety of granular talc; -- used for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk . -- French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula . See Bear's-ear . -- French fake (Naut.) , a mode of coiling a rope by running it backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run freely. -- French honeysuckle (Bot.) a plant of the genus Hedysarum ( H. coronarium ); -- called also garland honeysuckle . -- French horn , a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the sound issues; -- called in France cor de chasse . -- French leave , an informal, hasty, or secret departure; esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts. -- French pie [ French (here used in sense of "foreign") + pie a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)] (Zo\'94l.) , the European great spotted woodpecker ( Dryobstes major ); -- called also wood pie . -- French polish . (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or shellac with other gums added. (b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the above. -- French purple , a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of mordants. Ure . -- French red rouge. -- French rice , amelcorn. -- French roof (Arch.) , a modified form of mansard roof having a nearly flat deck for the upper slope. -- French tub , a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and logwood; -- called also plum tub . Ure . -- French window . See under Window .
French <Xpage=595>
French , n. 1. The language spoken in France.
2. Collectively, the people of France.
Frenchify <Xpage=595>
French"i*fy (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Frenchified (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Frenchifying .] [ French + -fy .] To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize.
Burke.
Frenchism <Xpage=595>
French"ism (?) , n. A French mode or characteristic; an idiom peculiar to the French language.
Earle.
Frenchman <Xpage=595>
French"man (?) , n. ; pl. Frenchmen (<?/) . A native or one of the people of France.
Frenetir <Xpage=595>
Fre*net"ir (?) , a. [See Frantic , a. ] Distracted; mad; frantic; phrenetic.
Milton.
Frenetical <Xpage=595>
Fre*net"ic*al (?) , a. Frenetic; frantic; frenzied. -- Frenet"ic*al*ly , adv.
Frenum <Xpage=595>
Fre"num (?) , n. ; pl. E. Frenums (#) , L. Frena (#) . [L., a bridle.] 1. (Zo\'94l.) A cheek stripe of color.
2. (Anat.) Same as Fr\'91num .
Frenzical <Xpage=595>
Fren"zi*cal (?) , a. Frantic. [Obs.]
Orrery.
Frenzied <Xpage=595>
Fren"zied (?) , p. p. & a. Affected with frenzy; frantic; maddened. -- Fren"zied-ly , adv.
The people frenzied by centuries of oppression. Buckle.
Up starting with a frenzied look. Sir W Scott.
Frenzy <Xpage=595>
Fren"zy (?) , n. ; pl. Frenzies (#) . [OE. frenesie , fransey , F. fr\'82n\'82sie , L. phrenesis , fr. Gr. <?/ for <?/ disease of the mind, phrenitis, fr. <?/ mind. Cf. Frantic , Phrenitis .] Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage.
All else is towering frenzy and distraction. Addison.
The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling. Shak.
Syn. -- Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangment; alienation; aberration; delirium. See Insanity .
Frenzy <Xpage=595>
Fren"zy , a. Mad; frantic. [R.]
They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head. Bunyan.
Frenzy <Xpage=595>
Fren"zy , v. t. To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness [R.] " Frenzying anguish."
Southey.
Frequence <Xpage=595>
Fre"quence (?) , n. [See Frequency .] 1. A crowd; a throng; a concourse. [Archaic.]
Tennyson.
2. Frequency; abundance. [R.]
Bp. Hall.
Frequency <Xpage=595>
Fre"quen*cy (?) , n. ; pl. Frequencies (#) . [L. frequentia numerous attendance, multitude: cf. F. fr\'82quence . See Frequent .] 1. The condition of returning frequently; occurrence often repeated; common occurence; as, the frequency of crimes; the frequency of miracles.
The reasons that moved her to remove were, because Rome was a place of riot and luxury, her soul being almost stifled with, the frequencies of ladies' visits. Fuller.
2. A crowd; a throng. [Obs.]
B. Jonson.
Frequent <Xpage=595>
Fre"quent (?) , a. [L. frequens , -entis , crowded, frequent, akin to farcire to stuff: cf. F. fr\'82quent . Cf. Farce , n. ] 1. Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits . " Frequent feudal towers."
Byron.
2. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government. Swift.
3. Full; crowded; thronged. [Obs.]
'T is C\'91sar's will to have a frequent senate. B. Jonson.
4. Often or commonly reported. [Obs.]
'T is frequent in the city he hath subdued The Catti and the Daci. Massinger.
Frequent <Xpage=595>
Fre*quent" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Frequented ; p. pr. & vb. n. Frequenting .] [L. frequentare : cf. F. fr\'82quenter . See Frequent , a. ] 1. To visit often; to resort to often or habitually.
He frequented the court of Augustus. Dryden.
2. To make full; to fill. [Obs.]
With their sighs the air Frequenting , sent from hearts contrite. Milton.
Frequentable <Xpage=595>
Fre*quent"a*ble (?) , a. Accessible. [R.]
Sidney.
Frequentage <Xpage=595>
Fre*quent"age (?) , n. The practice or habit of frequenting. [R.]
Southey.
Frequentation <Xpage=595>
Fre"quen*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. frequentatio a crowding together, frequency : cf. F. fr\'82quentation .] The act or habit of frequenting or visiting often; resort.
Chesterfield.
Frequentative <Xpage=595>
Fre*quent"a*tive (?) , a. [L. frequentativus : cf. F. fr\'82quentatif .] (Gram.) Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb . -- n. A frequentative verb.
Frequenter <Xpage=595>
Fre*quent*er (?) , n. One who frequents; one who often visits, or resorts to customarily.
Frequently <Xpage=595>
Fre*quent*ly (?) , adv. At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly; commonly.
Frequentness <Xpage=595>
Fre"quent*ness , n. The quality of being frequent.
Fr\'8are <Xpage=595>
Fr\'8are (?) , n. [F. See Friar .] A friar.
Chaucer.
Frescade <Xpage=595>
Fres"cade (?) , n. [See Fresco , Fresh , a. ] A cool walk; shady place. [R.]
Maunder.
Fresco <Xpage=595>
Fres"co (?) , n. ; pl. Frescoes or Frescos (#) . [It., fr. fresco fresh; of German origin. See Fresh , a. ]
1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. [R.]
Prior.
2. (Fine Arts) (a) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries. (b) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner. (c) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b .
Fresco <Xpage=595>
Fres"co , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Frescoed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Frescoing .] To paint in fresco, as walls.
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