Part 4573

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Freeness</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Free"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being free; freedom; liberty; openness; liberality; gratuitousness.</def>

<h1>Freer</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Fre"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who frees, or sets free.</def>

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

<hw>Free"-soil`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery; -- esp. applied to a party which was active during the period 1846-1856.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Free"soil`er</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <wf>Free"-soil`ism</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[U.S.]</mark></wordforms>

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

<hw>Free"-spo`ken</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Accustomed to speak without reserve.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Free"-spo`ken-ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Freestone</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Free"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A stone composed of sand or grit; -- so called because it is easily cut or wrought.</def>

<h1>Freestone</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Free"stone`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the flesh readily separating from the stone, as in certain kinds of peaches.</def>

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

<hw>Free"-swim`ming</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Swimming in the open sea; -- said of certain marine animals.</def>

<h1>Freethinker</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Free"think`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions independently of the authority of revelation or of the church; an unbeliever; -- a term assumed by deists and skeptics in the eighteenth century.</def>

<blockquote>Atheist is an old-fashioned word: I'm a <b>freethinker</b>, child. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Infidel; skeptic; unbeliever. See <er>Infidel</er>.</syn>

<h1>Freethinking</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Free"think`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Undue boldness of speculation; unbelief.</def> <i>Berkeley.</i> -- <def2><tt>a.</tt> <def>Exhibiting undue boldness of speculation; skeptical.</def></def2>

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

<hw>Free"-tongued`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Speaking without reserve.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

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

<hw>Free will</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>A will free from improper coercion or restraint.</def>