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<hw>Frac"tion*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fractional.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Fractionate</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Frac"tion*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To separate into different portions or fractions, as in the distillation of liquids.</def>

<h1>Fractious</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Frac"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Prov. E. <ets>frack</ets> forward, eager, E. <ets>freak</ets>, <ets>fridge</ets>; or Prov. E. <ets>fratch</ets> to squabble, quarrel.]</ety> <def>Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; <as>as, a <ex>fractious</ex> man; a <ex>fractious</ex> horse.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- Snappish; peevish; waspish; cross; irritable; perverse; pettish.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Frac"tious*ly</wf>, <tt>v.</tt> -- <wf>Frac"tious*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Fractural</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Frac"tur*al</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or consequent on, a fracture.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Fracture</h1> <Xpage=591>

<hw>Frac"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fractura</ets>, fr. <ets>frangere</ets>, <ets>fractum</ets>, to break: cf. F. <ets>fracture</ets>. See <er>Fraction</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The breaking of a bone.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>The texture of a freshly broken surface; <as>as, a compact <ex>fracture</ex>; an even, hackly, or conchoidal <ex>fracture</ex>.</as></def>

<cs><col>Comminuted fracture</col> <fld>(Surg.)</fld>, <cd>a fracture in which the bone is broken into several parts.</cd> -- <col>Complicated fracture</col> <fld>(Surg.)</fld>, <cd>a fracture of the bone combined with the lesion of some artery, nervous trunk, or joint.</cd> -- <col>Compound fracture</col> <fld>(Surg.)</fld>, <cd>a fracture in which there is an open wound from the surface down to the fracture.</cd> -- <col>Simple fracture</col> <fld>(Surg.)</fld>, <cd>a fracture in which the bone only is ruptured. It does not communicate with the surface by an open wound.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Fracture</er>, <er>Rupture</er>.</syn> <usage>These words denote different kinds of <i>breaking</i>, according to the objects to which they are applied. <i>Fracture</i> is applied to hard substances; as, the <i>fracture</i> of a bone. <i>Rupture</i> is oftener applied to soft substances; as, the <i>rupture</i> of a blood vessel. It is also used figuratively. "To be an enemy and once to have been a friend, does it not embitter the <i>rupture</i>?"</usage>

<i>South.</i>

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<h1>Fracture</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Frac"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fractured</er> <tt>(#; 135)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt>. <er>Fracturing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fracturer</ets>.]</ety> <def>To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; <as>as, to <ex>fracture</ex> a bone; to <ex>fracture</ex> the skull.</as></def>

<h1>Fr\'91nulum</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Fr\'91n"u*lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fr\'91nula</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., dim. of L. <ets>fraenum</ets> a bridle.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A fr\'91num.</def>

<h1>Fr\'91num, &or; Frenum</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw><hw>Fr\'91"num</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, &or; <hw>Fre"num</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Fr\'91nums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Fr\'91na</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a bridle.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain any part; <as>as, the <ex>fr\'91num</ex> of the tongue</as>.</def>

<h1>Fragile</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Frag"ile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fragilis</ets>, from <ets>frangere</ets> to break; cf. F. <ets>fragile</ets>. See <er>Break</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Frail</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.</def>

<blockquote>The state of ivy is tough, and not <b>fragile</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Brittle; infirm; weak; frail; frangible; slight.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Frag"ile*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>