Chapter Fribble to Frithiof of F by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Friend at Court properly means a friend in a court of law who watches the trial, and tells the judge if he can nose out an error; but the term is more generally applied to a friend in the royal court, who will whisper a good word for you to the sovereign at the proper place and season. (See Amicus Curiae.)

Friend in Need (A). A friend in need is a friend indeed. "Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur. "

Friend of Man Marquis de Mirabeau. So called from one of his works, L'Ami des Hommes (5 vols.). This was the father of the great Mirabeau, called by Barnave "the Shakespeare of eloquence." (1715- 1789.)

Friends ... Enemies Our friends the enemy. When, on April 1, 1814, the allied armies entered Paris, Sir George Jackson tells us he heard a viva pass along the streets, and the shout "nos amis, nos ennemis. "

Friendly Suit (A). A suit brought by a creditor against an executor, to compel all the creditors to accept an equal distribution of the assets.

Friendship (Examples of):

Achilles and Patroclos, Greeks.
Amys and Amylion (q.v.), Feudal History.
Baccio (Fra Bartholomew) and Mariotto, artists.
Basil and Gregory.
Burke and Dr. Johnson.
Christ and the "Beloved disciple," New Testament.
Damon and Pythias, Syracusans.
David and Jonathan, Old Testament.
Diomedes and Sthenalos, Greeks.
Epaminondas and Pelopidas, Greeks.
Goethe and Schiller. (See Carlyle: Schiller, p. 168.)
Hadrian and Antinous.
Harmodios and Aristogiton, Greeks.
Hercules [Herakles] and Iolaos, Greeks.
Idomenenus (4 syl.), and Merion, Greeks.
Maurice (F. D.), and C. Kingsley.
Montaigne and Etienne de la Boëtie, French.
Nisus and Euryalus, Trojans.
Pylades and Orestes, Greeks.
Sacharissa and Amoret, Syracusans.
Septimios and Alcander, Greeks.
Theseus (2 syl.) and Pyrithoos, Greeks.
William of Orange and Bentinck. (See Macaulay: History, i. p. 411.)

Friendships Broken (Eng. Hist.):

Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex.
Henry II. and Thomas Becket.
Henry VIII. and Cardinal Wolsey.
Newman (J.H.) and Whately.
Wesley and Whitefield.

Other examples in other histories might be added; as

Brutus and Cæsar.
Innocent III and Otho IV. (See Milman: Latin Christianity, vol. v. p. 234.)

Frigga in the genealogy of Æsir, is the supreme goddess, wife of Odin, and daughter of the giant Fiörgwyn. She presides over marriages, and may be called the Juno of Asgard. (Scandinavian mythology.)

Frilingi The second rank of people among the ancient Saxons. (See Edhilingi.)

Fringe The Jews wore fringes to their garments. These fringes on the garments of the priests were accounted sacred, and were touched by the common people as a charm. Hence the desire of the woman who had the issue of blood to touch the fringe of our Lord's garment. (Matt. ix. 20-22.)

Frippery Rubbish of a tawdry character; worthless finery; foolish levity. A friperer or fripperer is one who deals in frippery, either to sell or clean old clothes. (French, friperie, old clothes and cast-off furniture.)

"We know what belongs to a frippery."
Shakespeare: Tempest iv. 1.

"Old clothes, cast dresses, tattered rags,
Whose works are e'en the frippery of wit."
Ben Jonson.

   Frippery properly means rags and all sorts of odds and ends. French, fripe (a rag), friperie (old clothes and furniture), fripier (a broker of old clothes, etc.). Applied to pastry. Eugène Grandet says, "En Anjou la `frippe' exprime l'accompagnement du pain, depuis le beurre plus distinguée des frippes. "

Frisket The light frame of the printing-press, which folds down upon the tympan (q.v.) over the sheet of paper to be printed. Its object is two-fold - to hold the sheet in its place and to keep the margins clean.