Part 4581

<blockquote>He drank his glass and cracked his joke, And <b>freshmen</b> wondered as he spoke. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Freshman class</col>, <cd>the lowest of the four classes in an American college. <mark>[ U. S.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Freshmanship</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>Fresh"man*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being a freshman.</def>

<h1>Freshment</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>Fresh"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Refreshment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Freshness</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>Fresh"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being fresh.</def>

<blockquote>The Scots had the advantage both for number and <b>freshness</b> of men. <i>Hayward.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And breathe the <b>freshness</b> of the open air. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Her cheeks their <b>freshness</b> lose and wonted grace. <i>Granville.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fresh-new</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>Fresh"-new`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Unpracticed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fresh-water</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>Fresh"-wa`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; <as>as, <ex>fresh-water</ex> geological deposits; a <ex>fresh-water</ex> fish; <ex>fresh-water</ex> mussels.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a seaman; <as>as, a <ex>fresh-water</ex> sailor</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Unskilled; raw.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> "<b>Fresh-water</b> soldiers."

<i>Knolles.</i>

<h1>Fresnel lamp, Fres'nel' lan'tern</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw><hw>Fres`nel" lamp"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fres'nel' lan'tern</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>.<hw> <ety>[From <ets>Fresnel</ets> the inventor, a French physicist.]</ety> <def>A lantern having a lamp surrounded by a hollow cylindrical Fresnel lens.</def>

<h1>Fresnel lens</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>Fres`nel" lens"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[See <er>Fresnel lamp</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Optics)</fld> <def>See under <er>Lens</er>.</def>

<h1>Fret</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>Fret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See 1st <er>Frith</er>.</def>

<h1>Fret</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>Fret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fretted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fretting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>freten</ets> to eat, consume; AS. <ets>fretan</ets>, for <ets>foretan</ets>; pref. <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>etan</ets> to eat; akin to D. <ets>vreten</ets>, OHG. <ets>frezzan</ets>, G. <ets>fressen</ets>, Sw. <ets>fr\'84ta</ets>, Goth. <ets>fra-itan</ets>. See <er>For</er>, and <er>Eat</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To devour.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The sow <b>frete</b> the child right in the cradle. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>