Chapter Fringillaceous to Frolicsome of F by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Frisky
(Frisk"y), a. Inclined to frisk; frolicsome; gay.

He is too frisky for an old man.

Jeffrey.

Frislet
(Fris"let) n. [Cf. Fraise a kind of defense; also Friz.] A kind of small ruffle. Halliwell.

Frist
(Frist) v. t. [OE. fristen, firsten, to lend, give respite, postpone, AS. firstan to give respite to; akin to first time, G. frist, Icel. frest delay.] To sell upon credit, as goods. [R.] Crabb.

Frisure
(||Fri"sure`) n. [F.] The dressing of the hair by crisping or curling. Smollett.

Frit
(Frit) n. [F. fritte, fr. frit fried, p. p. of frire to fry. See Far, v. t.]

1. (Glass Making) The material of which glass is made, after having been calcined or partly fused in a furnace, but before vitrification. It is a composition of silex and alkali, occasionally with other ingredients. Ure.

2. (Ceramics) The material for glaze of pottery.

Frit brick, a lump of calcined glass materials, brought to a pasty condition in a reverberatory furnace, preliminary to the perfect vitrification in the melting pot.

Frit
(Frit), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fritted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fritting.] To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially. Ure.

Frit
(Frit), v. t. To fritter; — with away. [R.] Ld. Lytton.

Frith
(Frith) n. [OE. firth, Icel. fjörðr; akin to Sw. fjärd, Dan. fiord, E. ford. &radic78. See Ford, n., and cf. Firth, Fiord, Fret a frith, Port a harbor.]

1. (Geog.) A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth.

2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [Eng.] Carew.

Frith
(Frith), n. [OE. frith peace, protection, land inclosed for hunting, park, forest, AS. frið peace; akin to frenoð peace, protection, asylum, G. friede peace, Icel. friðr, and from the root of E. free, friend. See Free, a., and cf. Affray, Defray.]

1. A forest; a woody place. [Obs.] Drayton.

2. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure. [Obs.] Sir J. Wynne.

Frithy
(Frith"y) a. Woody. [Obs.] Skelton.

Fritillaria
(||Frit"il*la`ri*a) n. [NL., fr. L. fritillus dicebox: cf. F. fritillaire. So named from the checkered markings of the petals.] (Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial (Fritillaria imperialis) is one species, and the Guinea-hen flower (F. Meleagris) another. See Crown-imperial.

Fritillary
(Frit"il*la*ry) n.

1. (Bot.) A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria.

2. (Zoöl.) One of several species of butterflies belonging to Argynnis and allied genera; — so called because the coloring of their wings resembles that of the common Fritillaria. See Aphrodite.

Fritinancy
(Frit"i*nan*cy) n. [L. fritinnire to twitter.] A chirping or creaking, as of a cricket. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.