Part 4612

<hw>Frown"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Frowning; scowling.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Her <b>frowny</b> mother's ragged shoulder. <i>Sir F. Palgrave.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Frowy</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Frow"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Frowzy</er>, <er>Frouzy</er>.]</ety> <def>Musty. rancid; <as>as, <ex>frowy</ex> butter</as>.</def> "<i>Frowy</i> feed."

<i>Spenser</i>

<h1>Frowzy</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Frow"zy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Frouzy</er>.]</ety> <def>Slovenly; unkempt; untidy; frouzy.</def> "With head all <i>frowzy</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>The <b>frowzy</b> soldiers' wives hanging out clothes. <i>W. D. Howells.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Froze</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Froze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Freeze</er>.</def>

<h1>Frozen</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Fro"zen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Congealed with cold; affected by freezing; <as>as, a <ex>frozen</ex> brook</as>.</def>

<blockquote>They warmed their <b>frozen</b> feet. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Subject to frost, or to long and severe cold; chilly; <as>as, the <ex>frozen</ex> north; the <ex>frozen</ex> zones.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Cold-hearted; unsympathetic; unyielding.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Be not ever <b>frozen</b>, coy. <i>T. Carew.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Frozenness</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Fro"zen*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A state of being frozen.</def>

<h1>Frubish</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Frub"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Furbish</er>.]</ety> <def>To rub up: to furbish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. c& Et.</i>

<h1>Fructed</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Fruc"ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fructus</ets> fruit. See <er>Fruit</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Bearing fruit; -- said of a tree or plant so represented upon an escutcheon.</def>

<i>Cussans.</i>

<h1>Fructescence</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Fruc*tes"cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fructus</ets> fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The maturing or ripening of fruit.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Martyn.</i>