Part 4555

<blockquote>Man is <b>frail</b>, and prone to evil. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Frailly</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Frail"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Weakly; infirmly.</def>

<h1>Frailness</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Frail"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Frailty.</def>

<h1>Frailty</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Frail"ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Frailties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>frelete</ets>, <ets>freilte</ets>, OF. <ets>frailet\'82</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fragilitas</ets>. See <er>Frail</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and cf. <er>Fragility</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced.</def>

<blockquote>God knows our <b>frailty</b>, pities our weakness. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Frailness; fragility; imperfection; failing.</syn>

<h1>Fraischeur</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Frai"scheur</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF.; F <ets>fraicheur</ets>, fr. <ets>frais</ets>, fem. <ets>fra<?/che</ets>, fresh; of German origin. See <er>Frash</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Freshness; coolness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Fraise</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Fraise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Froise</er>.]</ety> <def>A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Fraise</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Fraise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fraise</ets>, orig., a ruff, cf. F. <ets>frise</ets> frieze, E. <ets>frieze</ets> a coarse stuff.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.</def>

<h1>Fraise</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Fraise</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.</def>

<i>Wilhelm.</i>

<h1>Fraised</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Fraised</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fortified with a fraise.</def>

<h1>Fraken</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Frak"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A freckle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A few <b>fraknes</b> in his face. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Framable</h1> <Xpage=592>