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Freckle (frĕkk'l), v. i. To become covered or marked with freckles; to be spotted.
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Freckled (frĕkk'ld), a. Marked with freckles; spotted. “The freckled trout.” Dryden.
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The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover.
Shak.
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Freckledness (-k'ldnĕs), n. The state of being freckled.
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Freckly (-kl�), a. Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled.
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Fred (frĕd), n. [AS. frið peace. See inclosure.] Peace; -- a word used in composition, especially in proper names; as, Alfred; Frederic.
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Fredstole (-stōl), n. [Obs.] See . Fuller.
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Free (frē), a. [Compar. Freer (-ẽr); superl. Freest (-ĕst).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. freó, frī; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. frī, G. frei, Icel. frī, Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved, dear, fr. prī to love, Goth. frijōn. Cf. , , , , inclosure.] 1. Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty.
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That which has the power, or not the power, to operate, is that alone which is or is not free.
Locke.
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2. Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.
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3. Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master.
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4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
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Set an unhappy prisoner free.
Prior.
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5. Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said of the will.
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Not free, what proof could they have given sincere
Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love.
Milton.
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6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.
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My hands are guilty, but my heart is free.
Dryden.
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7. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.
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He was free only with a few.
Milward.
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8. Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.
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The critics have been very free in their censures.
Felton.
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A man may live a free life as to wine or women.
Shelley.
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9. Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money.
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10. Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; -- followed by from, or, rarely, by of.
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Princes declaring themselves free from the obligations of their treaties.
Bp. Burnet.
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11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy.
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12. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.
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13. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; -- followed by of.
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He therefore makes all birds, of every sect,
Free of his farm.
Dryden.
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14. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school.
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Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free
For me as for you?
Shak.
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15. Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous; spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.
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16. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a government, institutions, etc.
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17. (O. Eng. Law) Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage. Burrill.
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18. (Law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren. Burrill.
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19. Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells.
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Coloq. Free agency , the capacity or power of choosing or acting freely, or without necessity or constraint upon the will. -- Coloq. Free bench (Eng. Law), a widow's right in the copyhold lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in freeholds. -- Coloq. Free board (Naut.), a vessel's side between water line and gunwale. -- Coloq. Free bond (Chem.), an unsaturated or unemployed unit, or bond, of affinity or valence, of an atom or radical. -- Coloq. Free-borough men (O.Eng. Law). See . -- Coloq. Free chapel (Eccles.), a chapel not subject to the jurisdiction of the ordinary, having been founded by the king or by a subject specially authorized. [Eng.] Bouvier. -- Coloq. Free charge (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or statical condition; free electricity. -- Coloq. Free church . (a) A church whose sittings are for all and without charge. (b) An ecclesiastical body that left the Church of Scotland, in 1843, to be free from control by the government in spiritual matters. -- Coloq. Free city , or Coloq. Free town , a city or town independent in its government and franchises, as formerly those of the Hanseatic league. -- Coloq. Free cost , freedom from charges or expenses. South. -- Coloq. Free and easy , unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of formalities. [Colloq.] “Sal and her free and easy ways.” W. Black. -- Coloq. Free goods , goods admitted into a country free of duty. -- Coloq. Free labor , the labor of freemen, as distinguished from that of slaves. -- Coloq. Free port . (Com.) (a) A port where goods may be received and shipped free of custom duty. (b) A port where goods of all kinds are received from ships of all nations at equal rates of duty. -- Coloq. Free public house , in England, a tavern not belonging to a brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer or purchase where he chooses. Simmonds. -- Coloq. Free school . (a) A school to which pupils are admitted without discrimination and on an equal footing. (b) A school supported by general taxation, by endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for tuition; a public school. -- Coloq. Free services (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. Burrill. -- Coloq. Free ships , ships of neutral nations, which in time of war are free from capture even though carrying enemy's goods. -- Coloq. Free socage (O.Eng. Law), a feudal tenure held by certain services which, though honorable, were not military. Abbott. -- Coloq. Free States , those of the United States before the Civil War, in which slavery had ceased to exist, or had never existed. -- Coloq. Free stuff (Carp.), timber free from knots; clear stuff. -- Coloq. Free thought , that which is thought independently of the authority of others. -- Coloq. Free trade , commerce unrestricted by duties or tariff regulations. -- Coloq. Free trader , one who believes in free trade. -- Coloq. To make free with , to take liberties with; to help one's self to. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. To sail free (Naut.), to sail with the yards not braced in as sharp as when sailing closehauled, or close to the wind.
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Free (?), adv. 1. Freely; willingly. [Obs.]
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I as free forgive you
As I would be forgiven.
Shak.
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2. Without charge; as, children admitted free.
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Free, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Freeing.] [OE. freen, freoien, AS. freógan. See , a.] 1. To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be freed of these inconveniences. Clarendon.
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Our land is from the rage of tigers freed.
Dryden.
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Arise, . . . free thy people from their yoke.
Milton.
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2. To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of.
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This master key
Frees every lock, and leads us to his person.
Dryden.
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3. To frank. [Obs.] Johnson.
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free-and-easy adj. 1. unconstrained and informal; as, an informal free-and-easy manner. Opposite of stiff, starchy, formal.
Syn. -- casual.
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2. lacking normal concern for propriety.
Syn. -- free-and-easy.
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free-associate v. i. (psychoanalysis) to express one's thoughts, ideas, impressions, etc. in an unplanned and unstructured way, allowing each thought or idea to prompt recollection of the next one. It is a process used in psychotherapy.
Syn. -- associate freely.
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free association n. (psychoanalysis) The act or process of free-associating. It is a technique used in psychoanalysis and is supposed to allow the analyst access to the unconscious thoughts of the analysand. See .
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Free base (frē bās), n. 1. (Chem.) The basic form of an organic amine which is capable of forming acid salts such as hydrochlorides.
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2. The basic form of a drug, often more powerful than a salt form because it is more readily absorbed into the blood stream.
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free-base, Free base (frē bās), v. i. To ingest the basic form of a narcotic drug, usually by injection.
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Freebooter (?), n. [D. vrijbuiter, fr. vrijbuiten to plunder; vrij free + buit booty, akin to E. booty. See , and , and cf. .] One who plunders or pillages without the authority of national warfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a buccaneer; a sea robber. Bacon.
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Freebootery (?), n. The act, practice, or gains of a freebooter; freebooting. Booth.
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Freebooting, n. Robbery; plunder; a pillaging.
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Freebooting, a. Acting the freebooter; practicing freebootery; robbing.
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Your freebooting acquaintance.
Sir W. Scott.
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Freebooty (?), n. Freebootery. [Obs.]
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Freeborn (?), a. Born free; not born in vassalage; inheriting freedom.
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free-burning adj. burning in a continuous manner; -- of an electric arc; as, heat transfer to the anode in free-burning arcs.
Syn. -- free burning, sustained.
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Free coinage. In the fullest sense, the conversion of bullion (of any specified metal) into legal-tender coins for any person who chooses to bring it to the mint; in a modified sense, such coinage when done at a fixed charge proportionate to the cost of the operation.
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Free-denizen (?), v. t. To make free. [R.]
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Freedman (?), n.; pl. Freedmen (�). A man who has been a slave, and has been set free.
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Freedom (frēdŭm), n. [AS. freódōm; freófree + -dom. See , and .] 1. The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence.
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Made captive, yet deserving freedom more.
Milton.
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2. Privileges; franchises; immunities.
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Your charter and your caty's freedom.
Shak.
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3. Exemption from necessity, in choise and action; as, the freedom of the will.
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4. Ease; facility; as, he speaks or acts with freedom.
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5. Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
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I emboldened spake and freedom used.
Milton.
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6. Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.
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7. Generosity; liberality. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Coloq. Freedom fine , a sum paid on entry to incorporations of trades. -- Coloq. Freedom of the city , the possession of the rights and privileges of a freeman of the city; formerly often, and now occasionally, conferred on one not a resident, as a mark of honorary distinction for public services.
Syn. -- See .
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Freedstool (?), n. [Obs.] See .
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freedwoman n. a woman who has been freed from slavery. Correlative of freedman.
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free enterprise n. 1. an economic system having predominantly private ownership of the means of production, and relying chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices, and having a minimum of governmental interference in economic decisions; also, the political doctrine advocating such a system as the economic system of a country. [wns=1]
Syn. -- market economy, laissez-faire economy.
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2. The conduct of business according to the principles of the free enterprise doctrine; the conduct of economic activity without governmental interference.
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free-enterprise adj. Of or pertaining to the system having private ownership of the means of production and competition between enterprises. [prenominal] [Narrower terms: capitalistic, capitalist] socialistic
Syn. -- competitive, private-enterprise(prenominal).
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free-for-all n. 1. a noisy and disordered fight conducted without rules.
Syn. -- brawl.
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2. Hence: Any vigorous competition in which anyone can compete, with few or no rules, and in which the winner is unpredictable; as, when they began to distribute the free food, the orderly line of hungry recipients degenerated into a free-for-all.
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Free-hand (?), a. Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments; -- of drawing or sculpture; as, free-hand drawing. See under .
Syn. -- free, freehanded, unguided, untraced.
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Free-handed, a. 1. Open-handed; liberal; given or giving freely or liberally; as, a freehanded host. [wns=2]
Syn. -- big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded.
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2. same as . [wns=1]
Syn. -- free, freehand, unguided, untraced.
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freehearted, Free-hearted (?), a. Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth. Opposite of stingy.
Syn. -- benevolent.
-- Free-heartedly, adv. -- Free-heartedness, n.
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Freehold (?), n. (Lw) An estate in real property, of inheritance (in fee simple or fee tail) or for life; or the tenure by which such estate is held. Kent. Burrill.
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Coloq. To abate into a freehold . See under .
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Freeholder (?), n. (Law) The possessor of a freehold.
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Freelance (frēlăns), n. 1. a person who acts independently or without authorization of an organization or of his superiors.
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2. a person who pursues a profession independently, and not as the employee of an organization; -- used especially of writers or photographers who sell their work to organizations of which they are not employees.
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Freelance (frēlăns), a. of or pertaining to a ; as, a freelance photographer.
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free-lance v. i. to work on a free-lance basis; to work as a freelancer.
Syn. -- freelance.
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freelancer, free-lancer (frēlănsẽr), n. a , n.
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Free-liver (?), n. One who gratifies his physical appetites without stint; one given to indulgence in eating and drinking.
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Free-living, n. Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites as a way of life.
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free-living adj. (Biology) Living independently of other organisms; not parasitic or commensal. eating other organisms is not considered dependence in this sense.
Syn. -- nonparasitic, nonsymbiotic.
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Free-love (?), n. The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage.
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Free-lover, n. One who believes in or practices free-love.
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Freelte (?), n. Frailty. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Freely, adv. [AS. freólice.] In a free manner; without restraint or compulsion; abundantly; gratuitously.
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Of every tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat.
Gen. ii. 16.
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Freely ye have received, freely give.
Matt. x. 8.
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Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell.
Milton.
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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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Freeman (?), n.; pl. Freemen (#). [AS. freóman; freófree + mann man.] 1. One who enjoys liberty, or who is not subject to the will of another; one not a slave or vassal.
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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 . Burrill.
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Both having been made freemen on the same day.
Addison.
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Free-martin (?), n. (Zoöl.) An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male, which is sterile as a result of exposure to masculinizing hormones.
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Freemason (?), 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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Freemasonic (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the institutions or the practices of freemasons; as, a freemasonic signal.
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Freemasonry (?), n. The institutions or the practices of freemasons.
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Free-milling (?), 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.
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Free-minded (?), a. Not perplexed; having a mind free from care. Bacon.
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Freeness, n. The state or quality of being free; freedom; liberty; openness; liberality; gratuitousness.
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Freer (?), n. One who frees, or sets free.
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free-range adj. permitted to graze or forage rather than being confined to a feedlot; -- of livestock and domestic poultry.
Syn. -- unenclosed.
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free-reed n. (Music) a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture.
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Free silver. The free coinage of silver; often, specif., the free coinage of silver at a fixed ratio with gold, as at the ratio of 16 to 1, which ratio for some time represented nearly or exactly the ratio of the market values of gold and silver respectively.
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Free-soil (?), a. 1. Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery; -- esp. applied to a party which was active during the period 1846-1856. [U.S.]
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2. Pertaining to territory where slavery was prohibited. [U.S.] [wns=1]
Syn. -- slaveless.
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-- Freesoiler (#), n. [U.S.] -- Free-soilism (#), n. [U.S.]
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Free-spoken (?), a. Accustomed to speak without reserve; willing to speak out without subtlety. Bacon.
Syn. -- bluff, blunt, candid, frank, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank.
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-- Free-spokenness, n.
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Freestone (?), n. A stone composed of sand or grit; -- so called because it is easily cut or wrought.
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Freestone, a. Having the flesh readily separating from the stone, as in certain kinds of peaches.
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Free-swimming (?), a. (Zoöl.) 1. Swimming in the open sea; -- said of certain marine animals.
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2. (Zoology) able to swim about; not attached to a stationary object; -- of aquatic animals. [wns=1]
Syn. -- unattached.
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freetail n. A small swift bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions.
Syn. -- freetailed bat.
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freetailed bat n. A small swift bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions.
Syn. -- freetail.
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Freethinker (?), 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.
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Atheist is an old-fashioned word: I'm a freethinker, child.
Addison.
Syn. -- Infidel; skeptic; unbeliever. See .
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Freethinking, n. Undue boldness of speculation; unbelief. Berkeley.
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free-thinking adj. inclined to forms one's own opinions rather than depend upon authority, especially about social and religious issues; exhibiting boldness of speculation; skeptical of authority.
Syn. -- latitudinarian, undogmatic, undogmatical.
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Free-tongued (?), a. Speaking without reserve. Bp. Hall.
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Freewheel (?), n. (Mach.) A clutch fitted in the rear hub of a cycle, which engages the rear sprocket with the rear wheel when the pedals are rotated forwards, but permits the rear wheel to run on free from the rear sprocket when the pedals are stopped or rotated backwards. Freewheelcycles are usually fitted with hub brakes or rim brakes, operated by back pedaling.
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Freewheel, v. i. 1. (a) Of a freewheel cycle, to run on while the pedals are held still. (b) Of a person, to ride a cycle of this manner; to coast in a vehicle having a freewheel. To ride a freewheel cycle. [wns=2]
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2. (Mach.) To operate like a freewheel, so that one part moves freely over another which normally moves with it; -- said of a clutch.
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3. to act without controls, external or internal; to live freely, independently, and without concern; -- of people. [wns=1]
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freewheeler n. someone acting freely or even irresponsibly.
Syn. -- free agent, free spirit.
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freewheeling adj. acting heedless of consequences; acting without controls, external or internal; as, freewheeling foolishness.
Syn. -- careless, irresponsible, reckless.
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Free will (?). 1. A will free from improper coercion or restraint.
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To come thus was I not constrained, but did
On my free will.
Shak.
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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, freewill (?), a. Of or pertaining to free will; voluntary; spontaneous; as, a freewill offering.
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Coloq. Freewill Baptists . See under .
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Freezable (?), a. Capable of being frozen.
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Freeze (frēz), n. (Arch.) A frieze. [Obs.]
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Freeze, v. i. [imp. Froze (frōz); p. p. Frozen (frōz'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Freezing.] [OE. fresen, freosen, AS. freósan; 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. prushvā ice, prush to spirt. � 18. Cf. .] 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.
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☞ Water freezes at 32° above zero by Fahrenheit's thermometer; mercury freezes at 40° below zero.
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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.
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Coloq. 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.
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2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
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A faint, cold fear runs through my veins,
That almost freezes up the heat of life.
Shak.
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-- Coloq. To freeze out , to drive out or exclude by cold or by cold treatment; to force to withdraw; as, to be frozen out of one's room in winter; to freeze out a competitor. [Colloq.]
A railroad which had a London connection must not be allowed to freeze out one that had no such connection.
A. T. Hadley.
It is sometimes a long time before a player who is frozen out can get into a game again.
R. F. Foster.
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Freeze, n. The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed. [Colloq.]
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freeze-dried adj. dried by freezing and applying a vacuum; -- used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances. This technique is gentler than other drying techniques and caused less damage or deterioration to sensitive substances. It is used primarily as a method to preserve foods or substances, and permit storage without deterioration.
Syn. -- lyophilized, lyophilised.
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Freeze-dry (frēz-drī), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freeze-dried; p. pr. & vb. n. Freeze-drying.] to remove the moisture from (e.g. food) by first freezing and then subjecting to a high vacuum; -- used as a mild method for drying foods or chemicals while causing little decomposition, in contrast to heat-drying. This is a relatively gently drying process used to preserve food or sensitive biological materials. For biochemical materials, the term is often used.
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Freezer (?), 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.
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Freezing, a. Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner. -- Frrezingly, adv.
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Coloq. Freezing machine . See Ice machine, under . -- Coloq. Freezing mixture , a mixture (of salt and snow or of chemical salts) for producing intense cold. -- Coloq. 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.
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Fregata n. The type genus of the Fregatidae.
Syn. -- genus Fregata.
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Fregatidae n. A natural family including the genus Fregata, of frigate birds.
Syn. -- family Fregatidae.
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Freieslebenite (?), n. [Named after the German chemist Freiesleben.] A sulphide of antimony, lead, and silver, occuring in monoclinic crystals.
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Freight (frāt), n. [F. fret, OHG. frēht merit, reward. See , n.] 1. That with which anything is 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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