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<h1>Frippery</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Frip"per*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>friperie</ets>, fr. <ets>fruper</ets>. See <er>Fripper</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Coast-off clothes.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.</def>

<blockquote>Fond of gauze and French <b>frippery</b>. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The gauzy <b>frippery</b> of a French translation. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A place where old clothes are sold.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The trade or traffic in old clothes.</def>

<h1>Frippery</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Frip"per*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Trifling; contemptible.</def>

<h1>Friseur'</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Fri"seur'</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>friser</ets> to curl, frizzle. See <er>Frizzle</er>.]</ety> <def>A hairdresser.</def>

<h1>Frisian</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Fri"sian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province of the Netherlands; Friesic.</def>

<h1>Frisian</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Fri"sian</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or inhabitant of Friesland; also, the language spoken in Friesland. See <er>Friesic</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Frisk</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Frisk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>frieque</ets>, cf. OHG. <ets>frise</ets> lively, brisk, fresh, Dan. & Sw. <ets>frisk</ets>, Icel. <ets>friskr</ets>. See <er>Fresh</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Frisk</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Frisk</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Frisk</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Frisk</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Frisked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Frisking</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>frisking</b> satyrs on the summits danced. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Friskal</h1> <Xpage=597>

<hw>Frisk"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A leap or caper.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>