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<hw>Fri"ar*y</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>frerie</ets>, <ets>frairie</ets>, fr. <ets>fr\'8are</ets>. See <er>Friar</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A monastery; a convent of friars.</def>

<i>Drugdale.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The institution or praactices of friars.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Friation</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Fri*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Friable</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of breaking up or pulverizing.</def>

<h1>Frible</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Frib"le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>frivole</ets>, L. <ets>frivolus</ets>, or E. <ets>frippery</ets>.]</ety> <def>Frivolous; trifling; sily.</def>

<h1>Fribble</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Frib"ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.</def>

<blockquote>A pert <b>fribble</b> of a peer. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fribble</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Frib"ble</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act frivolously.</def>

<blockquote>The fools that are <b>fribbling</b> round about you. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To totter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Fribbler</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Frib"bler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A trifler; a fribble.</def>

<h1>Fribbling</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Frib"bling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Frivolous; trining; toolishly captious.</def>

<h1>Friborg, Friborgh</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw><hw>Fri"borg</hw> , <hw>Fri"borgh</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fri<?/borh</ets>, lit., peace PLAGE; <ets>fri<?/</ets> peace + <ets>borh</ets>, <ets>borg</ets>, pledge, akin to E. borrow. The first part of the word was confused with <ets>free</ets>, the last part, with borough.]</ety> <fld>(Old Eng. Law)</fld> <def>The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans <i>frankpledge</i>. See <er>Frankpledge</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>friburgh</asp> and <asp>fribourg</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Burril.</i>

<h1>Fricace</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Fric"ace</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fricassee</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Meat sliced and dressed with strong sauce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>King.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An unguent; also, the act of rubbing with the unguent.</def>

<mhw><h1>Fricandeau, Fricando</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Fri"can`deau`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fric"*an*do</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fricandeau</ets>; cf. Sp. <ets>fricand\'a2</ets>.]</ety> <def>A ragout or fricassee of veal; a fancy dish of veal or of boned turkey, served as an <it>entr\'82e</it>, -- called also <altname>fricandel</altname>.</def>