Part 4619

<h1>Frustrately</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Frus"trate*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In vain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Vicars.</i>

<h1>Frustration</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Frus*tra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frustratio</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>frustration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the <i>frustration</i> of one's designs</def>

<h1>Frustrative</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Frus"tra*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to defeat; fallacious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ainsworth.</i>

<h1>Frustratory</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Frus"tra*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frustrotorius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>frustratoire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Making void; rendering null; <as>as, a frustratory appeal</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<h1>Frustule</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Frus"tule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frustulum</ets>, dim. fr. <ets>frustum</ets> a piece: cf. F. <ets>frustule</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of two valves, one overlapping the other, like a pill box and its cover.</def>

<h1>Frustulent</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Frus"tu*lent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frustulentus</ets>. See <er>Frustule</er>.]</ety> <def>Abounding in fragments.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Frustum</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Frus"tum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Frusta</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Frustums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>fruslum</ets> piece, bit.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>The part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting off the, top; or the part of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, etc., between two planes, which may be either parallel or inclined to each other.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>One of the drums of the shaft of a column.</def>

<h1>Frutage</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Frut"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Fruitage</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A picture of fruit; decoration by representation of fruit.</def>

<blockquote>The cornices consist of <b>frutages</b> and festoons. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A confection of fruit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Nares.</i>

<h1>Frutescent</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fru*tes"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>frulex</ets>, <ets>fruticis</ets>, shrub, bush: cf. F. <ets>frutescent</ets>, L. <ets>fruticescens</ets>, <ets>p. pr.</ets>]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Somewhat shrubby in character; imperfectly shrubby, as the American species of Wistaria.</def>

<h1>Frutex</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fru"tex</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant having a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub.</def>