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<blockquote>Those colors . . . have a <b>friendship</b> with each other. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Frier</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Fri"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who fries.</def>

<h1>Friese</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Friese</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Friesic</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Friesic</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Fries"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province in the northern part of the Netherlands.</def>

<h1>Friesic</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Fries"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The language of the Frisians, a Teutonic people formerly occupying a large part of the coast of Holland and Northwestern Germany. The modern dialects of Friesic are spoken chiefly in the province of Friesland, and on some of the islands near the coast of Germany and Denmark.</def>

<h1>Friesish</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Fries"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Friesic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Frieze</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Frieze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. the same word as frieze a, kind of cloth. Cf. <er>Friz</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Column</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Cornice or <b>frieze</b> with bossy sculptures graven. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Frieze</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Frieze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>frise</ets>, perh. originally a woolen cloth or stuff from <ets>Friesland</ets> (F. <ets>Frise</ets>); cf. LL. <ets>frisii panni</ets> and <ets>frissatus pannus</ets>, a shaggy woolen cloth, F. <ets>friser</ets> to friz, curl. Cf. <er>Friz</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.</def> "Robes of <i>frieze</i>."

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<h1>Frieze</h1> <Xpage=596>

<hw>Frieze</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See <er>Friz</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <p><b>2</b>.</def>

<cs><col>Friezing machine</col>, <cd>a machine for friezing cloth; a friezing machine.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Friezed</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Friezed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Gathered, or having the map gathered, into little tufts, knots, or protuberances. Cf. <er>Frieze</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and <er>Friz</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <p><b>2</b>.</def>

<h1>Friezer</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Frie"zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, friezes or frizzes.</def>

<h1>Frigate</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Frig"ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fr\'82gate</ets>, It. <ets>fregata</ets>, prob. contracted fr. L. <ets>fabricata</ets> something constructed or. built. See <er>Fabricate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation <i>steam frigates</i> of largely increased size and power were built, and formed the main part of the navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them.</def> <altsp>[Formerly spelled <asp>frigat</asp> and <asp>friggot</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any small vessel on the water.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>