Part 4559

<i>Fox.</i>

<h1>Frangible</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Fran"gi*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>frangible</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.</def>

<h1>Frangipane</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Fran"gi*pane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>frangipane</ets>; supposed to be called so from the inventor, the Marquis <ets>Frangipani</ets>, major general under Louis XIV.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A perfume of jasmine; frangipani.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A species of pastry, containing cream and almonds.</def>

<h1>Frangipani, Frangipanni</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw><hw>Fran`gi*pan"i</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fran`gi*pan"ni</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Another spelling of <ets>frangipane</ets>.]</ety> <def>A perfume derived from, or imitating the odor of, the flower of the red jasmine, a West Indian tree of the genus <spn>Plumeria</spn>.</def>

<h1>Frangulic, Frangulinic</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw><hw>Fran*gu"lic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fran`gu*lin"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or drived from, frangulin, or a species (<spn>Rhamnus Frangula</spn>) of the buckthorn.</def>

<cs><col>Frangulinic acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a yellow crystalline substance, resembling alizarin, and obtained by the decomposition of frangulin.</cd></cs>

<h1>Frangulin</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Fran"gu*lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A yellow crystalline dyestuff, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from a species (<spn>Rhamnus Frangula</spn>) of the buckthorn; -- called also <altname>rhamnoxanthin</altname>.</def>

<h1>Franion</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Fran"ion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. from F. <ets>fain\'82ant</ets> an idler.]</ety> <def>A paramour; a loose woman; also, a gay, idle fellow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Frank</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Frank</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>franc</ets>.]</ety> <def>A pigsty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Frank</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Frank</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Frank</h1> <Xpage=592>

<hw>Frank</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The common heron; -- so called from its note.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

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<h1>Frank</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Frank</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar</tt> <er>Franker</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Frankest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>franc</ets> free, frank, L. <ets>Francus</ets> a Frank, fr. OHG. <ets>Franko</ets> the name of a Germanic people on the Rhine, who afterward founded the French monarchy; cf. AS. <ets>franca</ets> javelin, Icel. <ets>frakka</ets>. Cf. <er>Franc</er>, <er>French</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, <er>Franchise</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "It is of <i>frank</i> gift."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; <as>as, a <ex>frank</ex> nature, conversation, manner, etc.</as></def>