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<hw>Freak</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Freaked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Freaking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Akin to OE. <ets>frakin</ets>, <ets>freken</ets>, freckle, Icel. <ets>freknur</ets>, pl., Sw. <ets>fr\'84kne</ets>, Dan. <ets>fregne</ets>, Gr. <?/ dark-colored, Skr. <ets>p&rsdot;&cced;ni</ets> variegated. Cf. <er>Freckle</er>, <er>Freck</er>.]</ety> <def>To variegate; to checker; to streak.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Freaked</b> with many a mingled hue. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Freak</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. from OE. <ets>frek</ets> bold, AS. <ets>frec</ets> bold, greedly; akin to OHG. <ets>freh</ets> greedly, G. <ets>frech</ets> insolent, Icel. <ets>frekr</ets> greedly, Goth. <ets>fa\'a1hufriks</ets> avaricious.]</ety> <def>A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice.</def>

<blockquote>She is restless and peevish, and sometimes in a <b>freak</b> will instantly change her habitation. <i>Spectator.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Whim; caprice; folly; sport. See <er>Whim</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Freak"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Freakish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Pepys.</i>

<h1>Freakish</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Freak"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious.</def>

<blockquote>It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the more <b>freakish</b> of the two. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Freakish</b> when well, and fretful when she's sick. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Freak"ish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Freak"ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Freck</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Freck</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Freak</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <er>Freckle</er>.]</ety> <def>To checker; to diversify.</def> <mark>[R. & Poet.]</mark>

<blockquote>The painted windows, <b>frecking</b> gloom with glow. <i>Lowell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Freckle</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Freck"le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim., from the same root as <ets>freak</ets>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, or hands.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any small spot or discoloration.</def>

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<hw>Frec"kle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Freckled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Freckling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To spinkle or mark with freckle or small discolored spots; to spot.</def>

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<hw>Frec"kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become covered or marked with freckles; to be spotted.</def>

<h1>Frackled</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Frac"kled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Marked with freckles; spotted.</def> "The <i>freckled</i> trout."