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`WEBSTER’S NEW TWENTIETH
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`frenzical
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`fretted
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`5. pertaining to, produced by, or living in
`water that is fresh, or notsalt; as, fresh-water
`geological deposits, fresh-water fish,
`fres-i’sdn, 7. in logic, one of the valid modes.
`fret, n. a strait. [Obs.]
`fret, v.t.; fretted, pt., pp.; fretting, por. {ME.
`freten; AS.fretan, contr. of foretan, to eat up,
`devour; for-, and etan, to eat.]
`1, to wear away by gnawing, rubbing, chaf-
`ing, corroding, rusting, etc.; also, to make or
`form by wearing away.
`2. to gnaw; to eat away; as, a worm frets
`the planks of a sip:
`3. to agitate; to disturb; to make rough; to
`cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water,
`4, to tease; to irritate; to vex; to make
`angry.
`Fret not thyself because of evildoers.|
`—Ps, xxxvii. 1.
`5. to devour, [Obs.]
`Syn.—chafe, gall, vex, anger, gnaw, cor-
`rode, rub, agitate, disturb.
`fret, v.i._
`1. to gnaw (into, on, or upon).
`2. to be worn away; to be corroded, worn,
`frayed, etc.; as, any substance will in time
`fret away by friction.
`3, to be agitated; to become rough or dis-
`turbed.
`4. to be vexed; to be chafedor irritated; to
`be annoyed or querulous; to worry.
`Hefrets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the
`ground,
`—Dryden.
`fret, m.
`1. the agitation of the surface of a
`fluid, as when boiling, fermenting, etc.
`2. a wearing away.
`3. a worn place.
`4, irritation; annoyance; worry.
`5. in mining, the washed side of a river
`bank, showing outcroppings by means of
`which miners are able to locate veinsof ore,
`6. a cutaneous eruption, as tetter;, a chaf-
`ing, as in the folds of the skin of fat children.
`fret, v.t.; fretted, pt., pp.; frettim.s, Por. (OFr.
`fretter, freter, to cross, inter|*cq, Tram Jrele, sn
`fron band, ferrule, from LL. ferrata, an iron
`grating.] to ornament with a fret or fretwork.
`fret, 2. [OFr. frete, an iron band, ferrule, from
`LL.ferrata, an iron grating, iron railing, from
`L. ferrum, iron.]
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`frea’¢5, v.t.; frescoed, pt., pp.; frescoing, Ppr.
`or controls its motion, as the fold under the
`to paint in fresco.
`tongue: also spelied fraenum.
`\
`fresh,
`a.; comp.fresher; superl, freshest, {ME.
`2. a characteristic ridge upon someinsects,
`fres d esch, from AS. ferse, fresh; D. versch;
`O.H.G.
`frise;Ice.ferskr; Sw.frisk; Dan.frisk.|
`fren’zi-cAl, a. frenzied. (Obs.
`frantic.
`fren/zied, a. wildly excited;
`1. brisk; strong: said of the wind.
`fren/zied-ly, adv. madly; distractedly.
`2. perane the color and appearance of
`frenzy, .; pl. fren’zieg, [ME.frensy, frenesy;
`youth; lively; as, a fresh complexion.
`OFr. frenesie; L. phrenesis, Gr. phrenttis, mad-
`3. new; recently grown Or produced; as,
`ness, inflammation of the brain, from phrén,
`fresh vegetables; newly laid;as, fresh eggs.
`mind.] wild excitement;
`frantic outburst;
`4, recently made or obtained; as, a fresh
`brief delirium that is almost insanity.
`supply of goods from the factory.
`fren/zy, a. passionate; madly excited. [Obs.]
`5. not impaired by time; not forgotten or
`fren/zy, v.t.; frenzied, pt.,
`Pd.; frenzying, ppr.
`obliterated; as, the ideas arefresh in my recol-
`lection.
`to fill with frenzy; to make frantic.
`fr&’on, n. (fluorine, and refrigerant, and -on as
`6. not salt: said of water.
`in neon, etc.) a colorless gas, CChF:, used
`_ 7, recently drawn; pure and cool; not warm
`especially as a refrigerant: a trade-mark
`or vapid; as, a glass of fresh water,
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`(Freon).
`8. original, spontaneous, and stimulating;
`fré’quence, 7”. pe fréquence; L. frequentia, a
`as, the conversation was fresh and delightful.
`throng, crowd, fromfrequens Centis) ,crowded.}
`9. not tired; vigorous; lively; having new
`1. a crowd; a throng; a concourse; an as~
`vigor; as, he rose fresh for the combat.
`10. new; that has lately come or arrived;
`sembly. {Obs.]
`2, same as frequency.
`not known before; as, fresh news; fresh dis-
`1. origi-
`fré/quen-cy, 7.; pl. fré’quen-cies,
`patches.
`7
`nally, (a) the condition of being crowded; (b)
`11, sweet;in 2 goodstate; not spoiled, rotten,
`acrowd.
`or stale; as, Wee milk,
`s
`12. not salted, preserved, pickled, etc.; as,
`2. the fact of occurring often or repeatedly;
`fresh meat.
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`frequent occurrence.
`13, unpracticed; inexperienced; not before
`3. the numberof times any action or occur-
`employed; as, a fresh hand on board ship.
`rence is repeated in a given period.
`14. not worn, soiled, faded, etc.; vivid;
`4, in mathematics and statistics,
`(a)
`the
`ratio of the number of actual occurrences to
`bright; clean; as, fresh linen.
`15. additional; further; as, he made a fresh
`the numberof possible occurrences in a given
`start.
`period; (b) the ratio of the number of indi-
`16. designating or of a cow that has newly
`viduals occurring in a specific class to the
`come into the state of a milker, as after hav-
`total numberof individuals under survey.
`ing borne a calf.
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`5. in physics, (a) the number of vibrations
`ifresk out of; having just sold or used up.
`or cycles per unit of time; (b) the numberof
`cycles per second of an alternating electric
`[Sleng.)
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`current.
`Syn.—brisk, strong, vigorous, lively, unim-
`paired, unfaded, florid, ruddy, new, novel,
`fré’quen-:cy mod.i-l4’tion,
`1. the changing
`recent, rare, unpracticed, unaccustomed, un-
`of the frequency of the transmitting radio
`used, inexperienced.
`wave in accordance with the sound being
`broadcast.
`fresh, a. (from G.frech, bold, impudent,]
`ist poe saucy;
`impertinent;
`impudent.
`2. broadcasting that uses this, character-
`ang.
`ized by freedom from static and more faithful
`reproduction of sound.
`2, drunk; tipsy. [Slang.]
`istinguished from amplitude modulation.
`fresh, x.
`1, a freshet; a stream in overflow.
`fré’quent, «.
`{Fr. fréquent, from L. frequens
`2.'a spring of fresh water flowing into a
`river or into the ocean.
`(-entis), crowded, repeated.]
`1. often seen or done; happening at short
`3. the mingling of fresh water with turbid
`intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, we
`or with salt water, especially the mingling 0:
`madefrequent visits to the hospital.
`the waters of a river or brook with the salt
`water of a bay or estuary.
`2. accustomed often to practice anything;
`as, he was frequent and loud in his declama-
`4. a freshman. [College Slang.]
`tions against the revolution,
`fresh’en, v.t.; freshened, pt., pp.; freshening,
`3. full; crowded; thronged. [Obs.]
`pr.
`1, tomakefresh; to separate from saline
`4. told-often; of commonreport. (Obs.]
`particles; as, to freshen water, fish, or meat,
`5, constant; habitual.
`2. to refresh; to revive.
`recur-
`Syn.—many,
`repeated, numerous,
`1, an ornamentalnet or network, especially
`3. in nautical usage, to apply new service to
`rent, general, continual, usual, common, re-
`one formerly worn by women as a headdress.
`(a cable); as, to freshen the hawes.
`curring.
`2. an ornamental pattern of small, straight
`to freshen ballast; to readjust ballast.
`fré-quent’, v.t.; frequented, pt, f?i frequent-
`to freshen the hawse; to pay out or take ina
`bars intersecting or joining one another at
`ing,bP {Pr. véquenter, from L. frequentare,
`little of the cable of a vessel at anchor, so as
`right angles to form a regular design, as for a
`border.
`to
`, crowd, visit often,
`from frequens,
`to expose another part of it to the fraying
`crowded, frequent, repeated.] to visit often;
`action at the hawsehole.
`3. in architecture, an ornamental pattern of
`to be at or in habitually; as, they frequent
`this kind in relief; fretwork.
`to freshen the wey; to increase the speed, as
`the theater.
`4,
`in heraldry, a transverse cross interlaced
`of a ship in motion.
`He frequented the court of Augustus.—Dryden.
`with a hollow, diamond-shapedfigure.
`fresh’en, v.i.
`1. to grow or becomefresh,
`2, to have a calf: said of a cow.
`fret, x. [ear a band, a ring, from OFr.freter, to
`3. to come into milk.
`makefast.
`fré-quent’-ble, a. accessible.
`fré-quent’/age, n. the practice of frequenting.
`fresh/et, 7. 1.2 flood or overflowing of ariver,
`1. any of several narrow,lateral ridges fas-
`on account of heavy rains or melted snow,
`{Rare.
`tened across the finger board of a banjo, gui-
`fré.quen.-ta’tion,7. the act or practice of fre-
`2, a stream or rush of fresh water flowing
`tar, mandolin, etc. to regulate the ppsering.
`into the sea.
`uenting.,
`2. a caul of gold or silver wire worn
`by
`fré-quent’a-tive, a,
`(LL. frequentativus, fre-
`ladies in the middle ages.
`fresh’-look’ing, a. appearing fresh.
`quentative, from frequentare, to do or make
`fresh’ly, adv.
`1.
`in a fresh manner.
`fret,.v.t. to furnish with frets.
`use of frequently.} in grammar, denoting the
`2. recently; just now; newly.
`peev-
`fret’fyl, a. disposed to fret; jll-humored;
`frequent repetition of an action; as, a fre-
`fresh’mian,7.; #1. fresh’men, 1.2 novice; a
`ish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a vetful
`uentativeverb,
`beginner.
`temper.
`;
`fré-quent’a-tive, 7. a verb which denotes the
`2. a student of the first year in a college or
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`Syn.—peevish,|cross, captious.—Peevish
`frequent occurrence or repetition of an action.
`high school,
`marks the inward spirit, and fretful the out-
`fré-quent’ér, n. one who frequents; a constant
`visitor,
`3. a person in his first year at any enter-
`ward act, while both imply a complaining im-
`prise; as, Senator Smith is a freshman in Con-
`patience. Crossness is peevishness mingle:
`fre’quent-ly, adv. often; many times; at short
`gress.
`with vexation or anger.
`intervals; commonly.
`;
`fresh’m4n,a. of or for first-year students; as,
`fré’quent-ness, 7. the quality of being fre-
`fret/fyl-ly, adv. peevishly; angrily.
`r
`the freshman curriculum.
`fret’fyi-ness, 7. peevishness; ill-humor; dis-
`quent or often repeated.
`Lord! how the seniors knocked about
`frére (frar), . [Fr.]
`1. a brother.
`2. a friar.
`position to fret and complain.
`The freshman class of one! —Holmes.
`fret saw, a saw with a long, narrow, fine-
`fres'cide, n. [OFr.
`frescade, fresquade, from It.
`fresh’m&n.ship, 1. the state of a freshman,
`toothed biade,
`for cutting thin wooden
`fresco, fresh, cool.] a.cool walk; a shady place.
`fresh’ness, 7. the condition or quality of being
`boards or metal plates into patterns.
`fres/cd, n.; pl. fres’cdes, fres’cés, [It. fresco,
`fresh, in any sense of the word.
`frette, ”. [Fr., a hoop.] a hoop of steel or
`fresh, cool, as noun, coolness, freshness, from
`fresh’-new, a. unpracticed. [Obs.]
`wrought iron for strengthening the outside
`O.H.G.frisc, fresh.]
`of a cannon or gun.
`.
`fresh’-wa"tér, a.
`1, accustomed to sail on
`1. coolness; shade; a cool, refreshing state
`fresh water only; as, a fresh-water sailor,
`fret’ted, [past tense and past participle of fret
`of the air. [Obs.]
`2. raw; unskilled; inexperienced; as, fresh-
`2. the art or technique of painting with
`(to ornament).] a. decorated with frets.
`water soldiers.
`fret’ted, [past tense and past participle of fret
`water colors on wet plaster.
`3.
`in or of the hinterland; inland.
`3. a picture or design painted by the above
`(to vex).] a.
`1. away; chafed.
`4, somewhat provincial, obscure, etc.; as,
`method.
`2. worried; anxious; discontented.
`a fresh-water college.
`in fresco; with water colors on wet plaster.
`732
`fate, far, fast, fall, final, care, at; mete, prey, hér, met; pine, marine,bird, pin; note, move, for, atom, not; moon, book;
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