Frigidarium
(||Frig"i*da`ri*um) n.; pl. Frigidaria [L., neut. of frigidarium cooling.] The cooling room of
the Roman thermæ, furnished with a cold bath.
Frigidity
(Fri*gid"i*ty) n. [L. frigiditas: cf. F. frigidité.]
1. The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth.
Ice is water congealed by the frigidity of the air.
Sir T. Browne. 2. Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality; as,
frigidity of a reception, of a bow, etc.
3. Want of heat or vigor; as, the frigidity of old age.
Frigidly
(Frig"id*ly) adv. In a frigid manner; coldly; dully; without affection.
Frigidness
(Frig"id*ness), n. The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection; coldness; dullness.
Frigorific
(Frig"o*rif"ic Frig"o*rif`ic*al) a. [L. frigorificus; frigus, frigoris, cold + facere to make: cf. F.
frigorifique.] Causing cold; producing or generating cold. Quincy.
Frill
(Frill) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frilled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Frilling.] [OF. friller, fr. L. frigidulus somewhat
cold, dim. of frigidus cold; akin to F. frileux chilly.]
1. To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills. Johnson.
2. (Photog.) To wrinkle; — said of the gelatin film.
Frill
(Frill), v. t. To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a
cap.
Frill
(Frill), n. [See Frill, v. i.]. (Zoöl.) (a) A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold. (b) A ruffle, consisting
of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal. See Frilled lizard (c)
A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals. (d) A ruffled varex or fold on certain
shells.
2. A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a
very narrow flounce.
Frilled
(Frilled) a. Furnished with a frill or frills.
Frilled lizard (Zoöl.), a large Australian lizard (Chlamydosaurus Kingii) about three feet long, which has
a large, erectile frill on each side of the neck.
Frim
(Frim) a. [Cf. AS. freme good, bold, and E. frame.] Flourishing; thriving; fresh; in good case; vigorous.
[Obs.] "Frim pastures." Drayton.
Frimaire
(||Fri"maire`) n. [F., fr. frimas hoarfrost.] The third month of the French republican calendar.
It commenced November 21, and ended December 20., See Vendémiaire.
Fringe
(Fringe) n. [OF, fringe, F. frange, prob. fr. L. fimbria fiber, thread, fringe, cf. fibra fiber, E.
fiber, fimbriate.]
