frank chase

[Eng. frank, and chase.] Old Eng. Law : The liberty or franchise of having a chase; free chase. frăńke, frăńcke, s. [From the franking or feeding fat of cattle. ( Park: Theatr.)] Bot.: The spurry ( Spergula arvensis ). franke-osier, s. [OSIER.] *franke-lin, *franke-lain, s. [FRANKLIN.] frăn-ke-ni-a, s. [Named from John Franken, a Swedish botanist and profe or of medicine at Upsal, who died in A. D. 1661.] Bot .: Sea-heath. The typical genus of the order 3. A signature placed on a letter, and entitling it Frank eniac ere (q. v.). Twelve species are known. to pa through the mail free of postage. C. As adv .: Freely, frankly, ungrudgingly. "But, as he got it freely, so He spent it frank and freely too." Butler: Hudibras , pt. i., c. i. Crabb thus discriminates between frank , candid, ingenuous, free, open, and plain : "All these terms convey the idea of a readine to communicate and to be communicated with; they are all opposed to concealment, but under different circum stances. The frank man is under no constraint; his thoughts and feelings are both set at ease, and his lips are ever ready to give utterance to the dic tates of his heart; he has no reserve: the candid man has nothing to conceal; he speaks without regard to self-interest or any partial motive; he speaks nothing but the truth: the ingenuous man throws off all disguise; he scorns all artifice, and brings everything to light; he speaks the whole truth. Free , open , and plain have not so high an office as the first three: free and open may be taken either in a good, bad, or indifferent sense; but sel and sugar. 2. Frangipani (q. v.). frăn-gi-pa-ni, 8. [Named after the Italian Marquis Frangipani.] A species of perfume prepared from or in imitation of the scent of flowers of the Plumier a rubra, or Red Jasmine, a West Indian tree.