Part 4568

<i>Dryden.</i>

<blockquote>The <b>freckled</b> cowslip, burnet, and green clover. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Freckledness</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Frec"kled*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being freckled.</def>

<h1>Freckly</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Frec"kly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled.</def>

<h1>Fred</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Fred</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fri<?/</ets> peace. See <er>Frith</er> inclosure.]</ety> <def>Peace; -- a word used in composition, especially in proper names; <as>as, Al<ex>fred</ex>; <ex>Fred</ex>eric.</as></def>

<h1>Fredstole</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Fred"stole`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Fridstol</er>.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Free</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Free</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Freer</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Freest</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>fre</ets>, <ets>freo</ets>, AS. <ets>fre\'a2</ets>, <ets>fr\'c6</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vrij</ets>, OS. & OHG. <ets>fr\'c6</ets>, G. <ets>frei</ets>, Icel. <ets>fr\'c6</ets>, Sw. & Dan. <ets>fri</ets>, Goth. <ets>freis</ets>, and also to Skr. <ets>prija</ets> beloved, dear, fr. <ets>pr\'c6</ets> to love, Goth. <ets>frij<?/n</ets>. Cf. <er>Affray</er>, <er>Belfry</er>, <er>Friday</er>, <er>Friend</er>, <er>Frith</er> inclosure.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty.</def>

<blockquote>That which has the power, or not the power, to operate, is that alone which is or is not <b>free</b>. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.</def>

<blockquote>Set an unhappy prisoner <b>free</b>. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said of the will.</def>

<blockquote>Not <b>free</b>, what proof could they have given sincere Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.</def>

<blockquote>My hands are guilty, but my heart is <b>free</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.</def>

<blockquote>He was <b>free</b> only with a few. <i>Milward.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.</def>

<blockquote>The critics have been very <b>free</b> in their censures. <i>Felton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A man may live a <b>free</b> life as to wine or women. <i>Shelley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; <as>as, <ex>free</ex> with his money</as>.</def>