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3. The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair.
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A fret of gold she had next her hair. Chaucer.
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Coloq. Fret saw , a saw with a long, narrow blade, used in cutting frets, scrolls, etc.; a scroll saw; a keyhole saw; a compass saw.
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Fret (?), n. [F. frette a saltire, also a hoop, ferrule, prob. a dim. of L. ferrum iron. For sense 2, cf. also E. fret to rub.] 1. (Her.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
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2. (Mus.) A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed.
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Fret, v. t. To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.
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Fretful (?), a. [See 2d .] Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper. -- Fretfully, adv. -- Fretfulness, n.

Syn. -- Peevish; ill-humored; ill-natured; irritable; waspish; captious; petulant; splenetic; spleeny; passionate; angry. -- , , . These words all indicate an unamiable working and expression of temper. Peevish marks more especially the inward spirit: a peevish man is always ready to find fault. Fretful points rather to the outward act, and marks a complaining impatience: sickly children are apt to be fretful. Crossness is peevishness mingled with vexation or anger.
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fretsaw n. A narrow-bladed fine-toothed saw for cutting curved outlines.
Syn. -- jigsaw, scroll saw.
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Frett (?), n. [See 2d .] (Mining) The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th , n., 4.
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Frett, n. [See .] A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda.
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Fretted (?), p. p. & a. [From 2d .]
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1. Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
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2. Agitated; vexed; worried.
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Fretted, p. p. & a. [See 5th .] 1. Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.
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2. (Her.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries.
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Fretten (?), a. [The old p. p. of fret to rub.] Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox. [Obs.] Wright.
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Fretter (?), n. One who, or that which, frets.
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Fretty, a. [See 5th .] Adorned with fretwork.
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Fretum (?), n.; pl. Freta (#). [L.] A strait, or arm of the sea.
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Fretwork (?), n. [6th fret + work.] Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like.
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Banqueting on the turf in the fretwork of shade and sunshine. Macaulay.
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Freud prop. n. Sigmund Freud, the founder of the practise of psychoanalysis. Born 1856, died 1939.
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Freudian prop. a. of or pertaining to Sigmund Freud; as, Freudian theories.
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Frey, Freyr (frī), prop. n. (Norse Mythology) The god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity, presiding over rain, sunshine, and all the fruits of the earth, dispensing wealth among men; son of Njorth (Njord) and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir. He was especially worshipped in the temple at Upsala in Sweden
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Freya (frīȧ), prop. n. [Icel. Freyja.] (Scand. Myth.) The daughter of Njörd, and goddess of love and beauty; the Scandinavian Venus; -- in Teutonic myths confounded with Frigga, but in Scandinavian, distinct. [Written also Frea, Freyia, and Freyja.]
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Friabiiity (?), n. [Cf. F. friabilité.] The quality of being friable; friableness. Locke.
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Friable (?), a. [L. friabilis, fr. friare to rub, break, or crumble into small pieces, cf. fricare to rub, E. fray: cf. F. friable.] Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder. “Friable ground.” Evelyn. “Soft and friable texture.” Paley. -- Fri'ableness, n.
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Friar (?), n. [OR. frere, F. frère brother, friar, fr. L. frater brother. See .] 1. (R. C. Ch.) 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.
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2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
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3. (Zoöl.) An American fish; the silversides.
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Coloq. Friar bird (Zoöl.), an Australian bird (Tropidorhynchus corniculatus), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; poor soldier, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus. -- Coloq. Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin. Brande & C. -- Coloq. Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood. -- Coloq. Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl. -- Coloq. Friar's lantern , the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp. Milton. -- Coloq. Friar skate (Zoöl.), the European white or sharpnosed skate (Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, border ray, scad, and doctor.
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Friarly, a. Like a friar; inexperienced. Bacon.
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friar's-cowl, friar's-cowls n. (Bot.) A tuberous perennial (Arisarum vulgare) having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; -- found in the Mediterranean, Canaries, and Azores.
Syn. -- friars' cowl, Arisarum vulgare.
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Friary (?), a. [From , n.] Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent. [Obs.] Camden.
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Friary, n. [OF. frerie, frairie, fr. frère. See .] 1. A monastery; a convent of friars. Drugdale.
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2. The institution or practices of friars. Fuller.
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Friation (?), n. [See .] The act of breaking up or pulverizing.
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Fribble (?), a. [Cf. F. frivole, L. frivolus, or E. frippery.] Frivolous; trifling; silly.
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Fribble, n. A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.
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A pert fribble of a peer. Thackeray.
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Fribble, v. i. 1. To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act frivolously.
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The fools that are fribbling round about you. Thackeray.
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2. To totter. [Obs.]
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Fribbler (?), n. A trifler; a fribble.
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Fribbling (?), a. Frivolous; trining; toolishly captious.

{ Friborg , Friborgh } (?), n. [AS. friðborh, lit., peace pledge; frið peace + borh, borg, pledge, akin to E. borrow. The first part of the word was confused with free, the last part, with borough.] (Old Eng. Law) The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge. See . [Written also friburgh and fribourg.] Burril.
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Fricace (?), n. [See .] 1. Meat sliced and dressed with strong sauce. [Obs.] King.
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2. An unguent; also, the act of rubbing with the unguent.

Fricandeau (?), Fricando (�), n. [F. fricandeau; cf. Sp. fricandó.] (Cookery) A ragout or fricassee of veal; a fancy dish of veal or of boned turkey, served as an entrée, -- called also fricandel. A. J. Cooley.
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Fricassee (?), n. [F. fricassée, fr. fricasser to fry, fricassee; cf. LL. fricare, perh. for frictare, fricare, frictum, to rub. Cf. , .] (Cookery) A dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small animals cut into pieces, and stewed in a gravy.
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Fricassee, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fricasseed (?); p. pr. &. vb. n. Fricasseeing.] To dress like a fricassee.
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Frication (?), n. [L. fricatio, fr. fricare, fricatum, to rub. ] Friction. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Fricative (?), a. [See .] (Phon.) Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc. -- n. A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 197-206, etc.
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Fricatrice (?), n. [Cf. L. frictrix, fr. fricare to rub.] A lewd woman; a harlot. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Frickle (?), n. A bushel basket. [Obs.]
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Friction (?), n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to rub: cf. F. friction. See to rub, arid cf. .] 1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to excite the skin to healthy action.
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2. (Mech.) The resistance which a body meets with from the surface on which it moves. It may be resistance to sliding motion, or to rolling motion.
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3. A clashing between two persons or parties in opinions or work; a disagreement tending to prevent or retard progress.
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Coloq. Angle of friction (Mech.), the angle which a plane onwhich a body is lying makes with a horizontal plane,when the hody is just ready to slide dewn the plane. This angle varies for different bodies, and for planes of different materials. -- Coloq. Anti-friction wheels (Mach.), wheels turning freely on small pivots, and sustaining, at the angle formed by their circumferences, the pivot or journal of a revolving shaft, to relieve it of friction; -- called also friction wheels. -- Coloq. Friction balls , or Coloq. Friction rollers , balls or rollers placed so as to receive the pressure or weight of bodies in motion, and relieve friction, as in the hub of a bicycle wheel. -- Coloq. Friction brake (Mach.), a form of dynamometer for measuring the power a motor exerts. A clamp around the revolving shaft or fly wheel of the motor resists the motion by its friction, the work thus absorbed being ascertained by observing the force required to keep the clamp from revolving with the shaft; a Prony brake. -- Coloq. Friction chocks , brakes attached to the common standing garrison carriages of guns, so as to raise the trucks or wheels off the platform when the gun begins to recoil, and prevent its running back. Earrow. -- Coloq. Friction clutch , Coloq. Friction coupling , an engaging and disengaging gear for revolving shafts, pulleys, etc., acting by friction; esp.: (a) A device in which a piece on one shaft or pulley is so forcibly pressed against a piece on another shaft that the two will revolve together; as, in the illustration, the cone a on one shaft, when thrust forcibly into the corresponding hollow cone b on the other shaft, compels the shafts to rotate together, by the hold the friction of the conical surfaces gives. (b) A toothed clutch, one member of which, instead of being made fast on its shaft, is held by friction and can turn, by slipping, under excessive strain or in starting. -- Coloq. Friction drop hammer , one in which the hammer is raised for striking by the friction of revolving rollers which nip the hammer rod. -- Coloq. Friction gear . See Frictional gearing, under . -- Coloq. Friction machine , an electrical machine, generating electricity by friction. -- Coloq. Friction meter , an instrument for measuring friction, as in testing lubricants. -- Coloq. Friction powder , Coloq. Friction composition , a composition of chlorate of potassium, antimony, sulphide, etc, which readily ignites by friction. -- Coloq. Friction primer , Coloq. Friction tube , a tube used for firing cannon by means of the friction of a roughened wire in the friction powder or composition with which the tube is filled. -- Coloq. Friction wheel (Mach.), one of the wheels in frictional gearing. See under .
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Frictional (?), a. Relating to friction; moved by friction; produced by friction; as, frictional electricity.
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Coloq. Frictional gearing , wheels which transmit motion by surface friction instead of teeth. The faces are sometimes made more or less V-shaped to increase or decrease friction, as required.
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Frictionless, a. Having no friction.
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Friday (?), n. [AS. frigedæg, fr. Frigu, the gooddes of marriage; friqu love + dæg day; cf. Icel. Frigg name of a goddess, the wife of Odin or Wodan, OHG. Frīatag, Icel. Frjādagr. AS. frigu is prob. from the root of E. friend, free. See , and .] The sixth day of the week, following Thursday and preceding Saturday.
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Fridge (?), v. t. [AS. frician to dance, from free bold. Cf. , n.] To rub; to fray. [Obs.] Sterne.

{ Fridstol (frĭdstōl), Frithstool (frĭthst�l) }, n. [AS. friðstōl. See , and .] A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders formerly fled for sanctuary. [Written variously fridstool, freedstool, etc.] [Obs.]
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Fried (frīd), imp. & p. p. of .
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friedcake n. A small cake fried in deep fat.
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Friend (frĕnd), n. [OR. frend, freond, AS. freónd, prop. p. pr. of freón, freógan, to love; akin to D. vriend friend, OS. friund friend, friohan to love, OHG. friunt friend, G. freund, Icel. frændi kinsman, Sw. frände. Goth. frijōnds friend, frijōn to love. √83. See , and cf. .] 1. One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society and welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.
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Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend. Dryden.
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A friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Prov. xviii. 24.
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2. One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address.
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Friend, how camest thou in hither? Matt. xxii. 12.
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3. One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution.
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4. One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.
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America was first visited by Friends in 1656. T. Chase.
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5. A paramour of either sex. [Obs.] Shak.
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Coloq. A friend at court or Coloq. A friend in court , one disposed to act as a friend in a place of special opportunity or influence. -- Coloq. To be friends with , to have friendly relations with. “He's . . . friends with Cæsar.” Shak. -- Coloq. To make friends with , to become reconciled to or on friendly terms with. “Having now made friends with the Athenians.” Jowett (Thucyd.).
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Friend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Friended; p. pr. & vb. n. Friending.] To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend. [Obs.]
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Fortune friends the bold. Spenser.
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Friended, a. 1. Having friends; [Obs.]
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2. Inclined to love; well-disposed. [Obs.] Shak.
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Friending, n. Friendliness. [Obs.] Shak.
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Friendless, a. [AS. freóndleás.] Destitute of friends; forsaken. -- Friendlessness, n.
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Friendlily (?), adv. In a friendly manner. Pope.
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Friendliness, n. The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
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Friendly, a. [AS. freéndlīce.] 1. Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.
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2. Appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable.
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In friendly relations with his moderate opponents. Macaulay.
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3. Not hostile; as, a friendly power or state.
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4. Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale.
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On the first friendly bank he throws him down. Addison.

Syn. -- Amicable; kind; conciliatory; propitious; favorable. See .
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Friendly, adv. In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends. [Obs.] Shak.
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In whom all graces that can perfect beauty
Are friendly met. Beau. & Fl.
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Friendly, n. 1. A friendly person; -- usually applied to natives friendly to foreign settlers or invaders.

These were speedily routed by the friendlies, who attacked the small force before them in fine style. E. N. Bennett.
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2. (Mil.) A member of one's own military forces, or of allied forces.
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friendly fire, n. (Mil.) Weapons fire{9}, such as artillery or aerial bombardment, from one's own forces; -- used mostly when troops do damage or cause casualties among their own forces; as, the tank was hit by friendly fire.
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Friendship, n. [AS. freóndscipe. See , and .] 1. The state of being friends; friendly relation, or attachment, to a person, or between persons; affection arising from mutual esteem and good will; friendliness; amity; good will.
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There is little friendship in the world. Bacon.
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There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity. Rambler.
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Preferred by friendship, and not chosen by sufficiency. Spenser.
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2. Kindly aid; help; assistance, [Obs.]
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Some friendship will it [a hovel] lend you gainst the tempest. Shak.
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3. Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; harmony; correspondence. [Obs.]
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Those colors . . . have a friendship with each other. Dryden.
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Frier (?), n. 1. One who fries.
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2. same as .
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Friese (?), n. Same as , n.
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Friesic (?), prop. a. Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province in the northern part of the Netherlands.
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Friesic, prop. n. The language of the Frisians, a Teutonic people formerly occupying a large part of the coast of Holland and Northwestern Germany. The modern dialects of Friesic are spoken chiefly in the province of Friesland, and on some of the islands near the coast of Germany and Denmark.
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Friesish, a. Friesic. [R.]
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Frieze (?), n. [Perh. the same word as frieze a, kind of cloth. Cf. .] (Arch.) (a) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture. (b) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See Illust. of .
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Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven. Milton.
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Frieze (?), n. [F. frise, perh. originally a woolen cloth or stuff from Friesland (F. Frise); cf. LL. frisii panni and frissatus pannus, a shaggy woolen cloth, F. friser to friz, curl. Cf. .] A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. “Robes of frieze.” Goldsmith.
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Frieze, v. t. To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See , v. t., 2.
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Coloq. Friezing machine , a machine for friezing cloth; a friezing machine.
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