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<hw>Fren</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>frenne</ets>, contr. fr. <ets>forrene</ets> foreign. See <er>Foreign</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>A stranger.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>French</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>French</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>frencisc</ets>, LL. <ets>franciscus</ets>, from L. <ets>Francus</ets> a Frank: cf. OF. <ets>franceis</ets>, <ets>franchois</ets>, <ets>fran<?/ois</ets>, F. fran<?/ais. See <er>Frank</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and cf. <er>Frankish</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.</def>

<cs> <col>French bean</col> (<fld>Bot</fld>.), <cd>the common kidney bean (<spn>Phaseolus vulgaris</spn>).</cd> -- <col>French berry</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the berry of a species of buckthorn (<spn>Rhamnus catharticus</spn>), which affords a saffron, green or purple pigment.</cd> -- <col>French casement</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>French window</cref>, under <er>Window</er>.</cd> -- <col>French chalk</col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>a variety of granular talc; -- used for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under <er>Chalk</er>.</cd> -- <col>French cowslip</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>The <spn>Primula Auricula</spn>. See <er>Bear's-ear</er>.</cd> -- <col>French fake</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a mode of coiling a rope by running it backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run freely.</cd> -- <col>French honeysuckle</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>a plant of the genus <spn>Hedysarum</spn> (<spn>H. coronarium</spn>); -- called also <altname>garland honeysuckle</altname>.</cd> -- <col>French horn</col>, <cd>a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the sound issues; -- called in France <altname>cor de chasse</altname>.</cd> -- <col>French leave</col>, <cd>an informal, hasty, or secret departure; esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts.</cd> -- <col>French pie</col> <ety>[<ets>French</ets> (here used in sense of "foreign") + <ets>pie</ets> a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the European great spotted woodpecker (<spn>Dryobstes major</spn>); -- called also <altname>wood pie</altname>.</cd> -- <col>French polish</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or shellac with other gums added.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The glossy surface produced by the application of the above.</cd> -- <col>French purple</col>, <cd>a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of mordants. <i>Ure</i>.</cd> -- <col>French red</col> <cd>rouge.</cd> -- <col>French rice</col>, <cd>amelcorn.</cd> -- <col>French roof</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a modified form of mansard roof having a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.</cd> -- <col>French tub</col>, <cd>a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and logwood; -- called also <altname>plum tub</altname>.</cd> <i>Ure</i>. -- <col>French window</col>. <cd>See under <er>Window</er>.</def></cd></cs>

<h1>French</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>French</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The language spoken in France.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Collectively, the people of France.</def>

<h1>Frenchify</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>French"i*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Frenchified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Frenchifying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<ets>French</ets> + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Frenchism</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>French"ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A French mode or characteristic; an idiom peculiar to the French language.</def>

<i>Earle.</i>

<h1>Frenchman</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>French"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Frenchmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A native or one of the people of France.</def>

<h1>Frenetir</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>Fre*net"ir</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Frantic</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Distracted; mad; frantic; phrenetic.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Frenetical</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>Fre*net"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Frenetic; frantic; frenzied.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Frenet"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Frenum</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>Fre"num</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Frenums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Frena</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a bridle.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A cheek stripe of color.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Fr\'91num</er>.</def>

<h1>Frenzical</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>Fren"zi*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Frantic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Orrery.</i>

<h1>Frenzied</h1> <Xpage=595>