Fron'tated (a.) Growing broader and broader, as a leaf; truncate.
Fronted (a.) Formed with a front; drawn up in line.
Frontier (n.) That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization.
Frontier (n.) An outwork.
Frontier (a.) Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town.
Frontier (a.) Of or relating to a frontier.
Frontier (v. i.) To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on.
Frontiered (p. a.) Placed on the frontiers.
Frontiersmen (pl. ) of Floatiersman
Floatiersman (n.) A man living on the frontier.
Frontignac (n.) Alt. of Frontignan
Frontignan (n.) A sweet muscadine wine made in Frontignan (Languedoc), France.
Frontignan (n.) A grape of many varieties and colors.
Frontingly (adv.) In a fronting or facing position; opposingly.
Frontiniac (n.) See Frontignac.
Frontispiece (n.) The part which first meets the eye
Frontispiece (n.) The principal front of a building.
Frontispiece (n.) An ornamental figure or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself.
Frontless (a.) Without face or front; shameless; not diffident; impudent.
Frontlessly (adv.) Shamelessly; impudently.
Frontlet (n.) A frontal or brow band; a fillet or band worn on the forehead.
Frontlet (n.) A frown (likened to a frontlet).
Frontlet (n.) The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles.
Fronto- () A combining form signifying relating to the forehead or the frontal bone; as, fronto-parietal, relating to the frontal and the parietal bones; fronto-nasal, etc.
Fronton (n.) Same as Frontal, 2.
Froppish (a.) Peevish; froward.
Frore (adv.) Frostily.
Frorn (p. a.) Frozen.
Frory (a.) Frozen; stiff with cold.
Frory (a.) Covered with a froth like hoarfrost.
Frost (v. i.) The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.
Frost (v. i.) The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather.
Frost (v. i.) Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.
Frost (v. i.) Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
Frostted (imp. & p. p.) of Frost
Frosting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frost
Frost (v. t.) To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants.
Frost (v. t.) To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass.
Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather.
Frostbird (n.) The golden plover.
Frostbite (n.) The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose.
Frostbite (v. t.) To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.
Frost-bitten (p. a.) Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing.
Frost-blite (n.) A plant of the genus Atriplex; orache.
Frost-blite (n.) The lamb's-quarters (Chenopodium album).
Frosted (a.) Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost; ornamented with frosting; also, frost-bitten; as, a frosted cake; frosted glass.
Frostfish (n.) The tomcod; -- so called because it is abundant on the New England coast in autumn at about the commencement of frost. See Tomcod.
Frostfish (n.) The smelt.
Frostfish (n.) A name applied in New Zealand to the scabbard fish (Lepidotus) valued as a food fish.
Frostily (adv.) In a frosty manner.
Frostiness (n.) State or quality of being frosty.
Frosting (n.) A composition of sugar and beaten egg, used to cover or ornament cake, pudding, etc.
Frosting (n.) A lusterless finish of metal or glass; the process of producing such a finish.
Frostless (a.) Free from frost; as, a frostless winter.
Frostweed (n.) An American species of rockrose (Helianthemum Canadense), sometimes used in medicine as an astringent or aromatic tonic.
Frostwork (n.) The figurework, often fantastic and delicate, which moisture sometimes forms in freezing, as upon a window pane or a flagstone.
Frostwort (n.) Same as Frostweed.
Frosty (a.) Attended with, or producing, frost; having power to congeal water; cold; freezing; as, a frosty night.
Frosty (a.) Covered with frost; as, the grass is frosty.
Frosty (a.) Chill in affection; without warmth of affection or courage.
Frosty (a.) Appearing as if covered with hoarfrost; white; gray-haired; as, a frosty head.
Frote (v. t.) To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.
Froterer (n.) One who frotes; one who rubs or chafes.
Froth (n.) The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement.
Froth (n.) Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought.
Froth (n.) Light, unsubstantial matter.
Frothed (imp. & p. p.) of Froth
Frothing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Froth
Froth (v. t.) To cause to foam.
Froth (v. t.) To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
Froth (v. t.) To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.
Froth (v. i.) To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.
Frothily (adv.) In a frothy manner.
Frothiness (n.) State or quality of being frothy.
Frothing (n.) Exaggerated declamation; rant.
Frothless (a.) Free from froth.
Frothy (superl.) Full of foam or froth, or consisting of froth or light bubbles; spumous; foamy.
Frothy (superl.) Not firm or solid; soft; unstable.
Frothy (superl.) Of the nature of froth; light; empty; unsubstantial; as, a frothy speaker or harangue.
Frounced (imp. & p. p.) of Frounce
Frouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frounce
Frounce (v. i.) To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair.
Frounce (v. i.) To form wrinkles in the forehead; to manifest displeasure; to frown.
Frounce (n.) A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; -- also, a frown.
Frounce (n.) An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill.
Frounceless (a.) Without frounces.
Frouzy (a.) Fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight; slovenly; dingy. See Frowzy.
Frow (n.) A woman; especially, a Dutch or German woman.
Frow (n.) A dirty woman; a slattern.
Frow (n.) A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.
Frow (a.) Brittle.
Froward (a.) Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child.
Frower (n.) A tool. See 2d Frow.
Frowey (a.) Working smoothly, or without splitting; -- said of timber.
Frowned (imp. &, p. p.) of Frown
Frowning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frown
Frown (v. i.) To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look.
Frown (v. i.) To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness.
Frown (v. t.) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.
Frown (n.) A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stere look; a scowl.