Part 4557

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; <as>as, a stocking <ex>frame</ex>; lace <ex>frame</ex>; spinning <ex>frame</ex>, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; <as>as, a <ex>frame</ex>of government</as>.</def>

<blockquote>She that hath a heart of that fine <b>frame</b> To pay this debt of love but to a brother. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Put your discourse into some <b>frame</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; <as>as, to be always in a happy <ex>frame</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>John the bastard Whose spirits toil in <b>frame</b> of villainies. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Balloon frame</col>, <col>Cant frames</col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Balloon</er>, <er>Cant</er>, etc.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Frame</col> <col>building &or; house</col>, <cd>a building of which the form and support is made of framed timbers.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col>Frame level</col></mcol>, <cd>a mason's level.</cd> -- <col>Frame saw</col>, <cd>a thin saw stretched in a frame to give it rigidity.</cd></cs>

<h1>Framer</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Fram"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who frames; <as>as, the <ex>framer</ex> of a building; the <ex>framers</ex> of the Constitution.</as></def>

<h1>Framework</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Frame"work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; <as>as, the <ex>framework</ex> of society</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A staunch and solid piece of <b>framework</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom.</def>

<h1>Framing</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Fram"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act, process, or style of putting together a frame, or of constructing anything; a frame; that which frames.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch. & Engin.)</fld> <def>A framework, or a sy<?/ of frames.</def>

<cs><col>Framing chisel</col> <fld>(Carp.)</fld>, <cd>a heavy chisel with a socket shank for making mortises.</cd></cs>

<h1>Frampel, Frampoid</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw><hw>Fram"pel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fram"poid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Also written <ets>frampul</ets>, <ets>frampled</ets>, <ets>framfold</ets>.]</ety> <ety>[Cf. W. <ets>fframfol</ets> passionate, <ets>ffrom</ets> angry, fretting; or perh. akin to E. <ets>frump</ets>.]</ety> <def>Peevish; cross; vexatious; quarrelsome.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Is Pompey grown so malapert, so <b>frampel</b>? <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Franc</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Franc</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>franc</ets> a Franc. See <er>Frank</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>A silver coin of France, and since 1795 the unit of the French monetary system. It has been adopted by Belgium and Swizerland. It is equivalent to about nineteen cents, or ten pence, and is divided into 100 centimes.</def>

<h1>Franchise</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Fran"chise</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>franc</ets>, fem. <ets>franche</ets>, free. See <er>Frank</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(LAw)</fld> <def>A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.</def>