fricassee

[Fr. frica ée, pa. par. fem. sing. of frica er =to frica ee, from Lat. frico =to rub; Sp. fricase; Port.frica é; Ital. fri case a.] Cook.: A dish made by cutting chickens or other small animals into pieces, and dre ing them in a frying-pan or similar ve el with strong sauce. "Soups and olios, frica ees and ragouts."- Swift : Tale of a Tub , § 7. boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, cell, chorus, chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-0149.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0150.png:[blocks in formation] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: (1) The act of rubbing two bodies together; the act of rubbing one body with another. "Frictions make the parts more fileshie, and full, as we see both in men, and in the currying of horses, ."Bacon: Natural History , § 877. (2) In the sarze sense as II. 2. Fig .: A slight disagreement or diversity of opinions; an absence or lo of smoothne in the relations between two parties. "The causes of complaints which have been so frequent of late, and which indicate a very undesirable amount of friction between English captains and shipping agents and the local staff."-London Daily Chronicle. developing electricity. [FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY.] Coefficient of friction for two surfaces: Physics: The rates or proportions between the force required to move one of these surfaces over the other, and the pre ure between the two surfaces. B. As adj .: Pertaining to or implying friction; frictional.