2. A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.
Syn. — Frailness; fragility; imperfection; failing.
Fraischeur
(||Frai"scheur) n. [OF.; F fraicheur, fr. frais, fem. fraîche, fresh; of German origin. See
Frash, a.] Freshness; coolness. [R.] Dryden.
Fraise
(Fraise) n. [See Froise.] A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. [Obs.] Johnson.
Fraise
(||Fraise) n. [F. fraise, orig., a ruff, cf. F. frise frieze, E. frieze a coarse stuff.]
1. (Fort.) A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined
position.
2. (Mech.) A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.
Fraise
(Fraise), v. t. (Mil.) To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing
bayonets raised obliquely forward. Wilhelm.
Fraised
(Fraised) a. Fortified with a fraise.
Fraken
(Frak"en) n. A freckle. [Obs.]
A few fraknes in his face.
Chaucer. Framable
(Fram"a*ble) a. Capable of being framed.
Frambæsia
(||Fram*bæ"si*a) n. [F. & NL., fr. F. framboise raspberry.] (Med.) The yaws. See Yaws.
Frame
(Frame) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Framed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Framing.] [OE. framen, fremen, to
execute, build, AS. fremman to further, perform, effect, fr. fram strong, valiant; akin to E. foremost,
and prob. to AS. fram from, Icel. fremja, frama, to further, framr forward, G. fromm worthy, excellent,
pious. See Foremost, From, and cf. Furnish.]
1. (Arch. & Engin.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically,
in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve,
v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice.
2. To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something
false.
How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of
years.
I. Watts. 3. To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.
And frame my face to all occasions.
Shak.
We may in some measure frame our minds for the reception of happiness.
Landor.
The human mind is framed to be influenced.
I. Taylor. 4. To cause; to bring about; to produce. [Obs.]
Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds.
Shak.
