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<hw>Fridge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>frician</ets> to dance, from <ets>free</ets> bold. Cf. <er>Freak</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To rub; to fray.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sterne.</i>

<h1>Fridstol, Frithstool</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw><hw>Frid"stol`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Frith`stool"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fri<?/st<?/</ets>l. See <er>Fred</er>, and <er>Stool</er>.]</ety> <def>A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders formerly fled for sanctuary.</def> <altsp>[Written variously <asp>fridstool</asp>, <asp>freedstool</asp>, etc.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Fried</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Fried</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Fry</er>.</def>

<h1>Friend</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Friend</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OR. <ets>frend</ets>, <ets>freond</ets>, AS. <ets>fre\'a2nd</ets>, prop. p. pr. of <ets>fre\'a2n</ets>, <ets>fre\'a2gan</ets>, to love; akin to D. <ets>vriend</ets> friend, OS. <ets>friund</ets> friend, <ets>friohan</ets> to love, OHG. <ets>friunt</ets> friend, G. <ets>freund</ets>, Icel. <ets>fr\'91ndi</ets> kinsman, Sw. <ets>fr\'84nde</ets>. Goth. <ets>frij<?/nds</ets> friend, <ets>frij<?/n</ets> to love. &root;83. See <er>Free</er>, and cf. <er>Fiend</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who entertains for another suo<???/] sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he scens hie society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.</def>

<blockquote>Want gives to know the flatterer from the <b>friend</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A <b>friend</b> that sticketh closer than a brother. <i>Prov. xviii. 24.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address.</def>

<blockquote><b>Friend</b>, how camest thou in hither? <i>Matt. xxii. 12.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; <as>as, a <ex>friend</ex> to commerce, to poetry, to an institution</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.</def>

<blockquote>America was first visited by <b>Friends</b> in 1656. <i>T. Chase.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A paramour of either sex.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><mcol><col>A friend</col> <col>at court &or; in court</col>, <cd>one disposed to act as a friend in a place of special opportunity or influence.</cd> -- <col>To be friends with</col>, <cd>to have friendly relations with. "He's . . . <i>friends with<i> C\'91sar." <i>Shak</i>. -- <col>To make friends with</col>, <cd>to become reconciled to or on friendly terms with.</cd> "Having now <i>made friends with<i> the Athenians." <i>Jowett (Thucyd. )</i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Friend</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Friend</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Friended</er>; <tt>p. pr, & vb. n.</tt> <er>Friending</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Fortune <b>friends</b> the bold. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Friended</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Friend"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having friends;</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Iuclined to love; well-disposed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Friending</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Friend"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Friendliness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>