Part 4614

-- <wordforms><wf>Fruc"tu*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Fruc"tu*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Fructure</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fruc"ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frui</ets>, <ets>p. p. fructus</ets>, to enjoy. See <er>Fruit</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Use; fruition; enjoyment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cotgrave.</i>

<h1>Frue vanner</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Frue" van"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A moving, inclined, endless apron on which ore is concentrated by a current of water; a kind of buddle.</def>

<h1>Frugal</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fru"gal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frugalis</ets>, fr. <ets>frugi</ets>, lit., for <ets>fruit</ets>; hence, fit for food, useful, proper, temperate, the dative of <ets>frux</ets>, <ets>frugis</ets>, fruit, akin to E. <ets>fruit</ets>: cf. F. <ets>frugal</ets>. See <er>Fruit</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; <as>as, a <ex>frugal</ex> housekeeper; <ex>frugal</ex> of time.</as></def>

<blockquote>I oft admire How Nature, wise and <b>frugal</b>, could commit Such disproportions. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; <as>as, a frugal fortune</as>.</def> "<i>Frugal</i> fare."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Frugality</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fru*gal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Frugalities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>frugalitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>frugalit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful management of anything valuable which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose; thrift; --- opposed to <i>extravagance</i>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Frugality</b> is founded on the principle that all riches have limits. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sparing use; sparingness; <as>as, frugality of praise</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Economy; parsimony. See <er>Economy</er>.</syn>

<h1>Frugally</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fru"gal*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Thriftily; prudently.</def>

<h1>Frugalness</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fru"gal*ness</hw><def>, <tt>n.</tt> Quality of being frugal; frugality.</def>

<h1>Frugiferous</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fru*gif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frugifer</ets>; <ets>frux</ets>, <ets>frugis</ets>, fruit + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear: cf. F. <ets>frugifere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing fruit; fruitful; fructiferous.</def>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Frugivora</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fru*giv"o*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Frugivorous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The fruit bate; a group of the Cheiroptera, comprising the bats which live on fruits. See <cref>Eruit bat</cref>, under <er>Fruit</er>.</def>

<h1>Frugivorous</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fru*giv"o*rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frux</ets>, <ets>frugis</ets>, fruit + <ets>vorare</ets> to devour.: cf. F. <ets>frugivore</ets>.]</ety> <def>Feeding on fruit, as birds and other animals.</def>

<i>Pennant.</i>