Frank1 (frangk)

[ Ripuarians dwelt along the Rhine, near Cologne. The Salians occupied the country on the lower Rhine, and in the fifth century, under Clovis, overthrew the Roman power in Gaul, founded the Me roving i an Frankish monarchy, and gave origin to the name France. Frank 2. [A readoption of the Oriental form of the European name Frank, originating at the time of the crusades, when the Franks (that is, the French, and by extension the other nations of western Europe) became familiar to the Turks, Arabs, etc. See Feringee.] A European of the western nations: a common designation among the Turks, Arabs, and other Oriental peoples for any western foreigner. Trust not for freedom to the Franks . They have a king who buys and sells. Byron, Don Juan, iii. 86. "Franks!" quoth the Arab. "Franks are the fathers of hats, and do not wear guns or swords, or red caps upon their heads, as you do.' R. Curzon, Monast. in the Levant, p. 172. frank2 (frangk), a. [ Thou hast it wonne, for it is of franke gift. Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale, 1. 531. At that time there is a faire, free and franke of al custome. Hakluyt's Voyages , II. 210. Thy frank election make; Thou hast power to choose, and they none to forsake. Shak., All's Well, ii. 3. people lived, hating three idlene , want, and coward Froude , Sketches, p. 165. In such frank style the things with all their hearts: ice. IMG:content-1800.png:[blocks in formation] 4. Freely disclosed; clearly manifest; undisguised; indubitable: as, frank ignorance or poverty. The gastric appearances somewhat resembled those shown in a case of death after operation for removal of the uterine appendage, although there frank peritonitis coexisted. Med. News , L. 306. I find in the performances of these puppets. a frank admi ion of unreality that makes every shadow of verisimilitude delightful. Howells, Venetian Life, v. 51. Unrestrained; using free license. Might not be found a francker franion, Of her leawd parts to make companion. Spenser, F. Q., II. ii. 37. Over the fields, in his franke lust in e e, And all the champ a in o're he [a butterfly] soared light. Spenser , Muiopotmos, 1. 148. Chaste to her husband, frank to all beside. Pope , Moral E ays, ii. 71. =Syn. 3. Open, Ingenuous, etc. (see candid ); plain, unreserved, undisguised. frank2 (frangk), v. t. [OF. frankir, franquir [=ack: Frankir, fra (var. of franchir: see franchise, v.), free, = It. franc are, free, exempt (and cf. franchise, v.); from the adj.: see frank2, a.] 1. To send or cause to be sent by public conveyance free of expense: as, to frank a letter. The privilege of franking their own letters through the post, by indorsing their names on them, and also of giving franks to their friends, belonged to the members of the British Parliament from about 1660 till 1840, when it was abolished the 2362 3. In carp., to form the joint of, as that of a window-sash where the cro pieces of the frame intersect each other, by cutting away no more wood than is sufficient to show a miter. frank2 (frangk), n. [ Among some franks which were lately given to me were the undermentioned. I should feel much obliged if you could inform me...what in the succe ion was the writer, judging by the date of my frank . postage. N. and Q., 6th ser., XII. 10. 2. A letter thus indorsed, sent by mail free of frank3+ (frangk), n. and a. [ for fattening boars. IMG:content-1801.png:[blocks in formation] When they were once franke and fat, they stoode up together proudly again ste the Lord and his worde. Bp. Bale , On Revelation, i., sig. I, iiii. frank3+ (frangk), v. t. [ Marry, as for Clarence, he is well repaid; He is frank'd up to fatting for his pains. Shak., Rich. III., i. 3. In the sty of this most bloody boar My son George Stanley is frank'd up in hold. Shak ., Rich. III., iv. 5. 2. To feed; cram; fatten. The frank'd hen, fatten'd with milk and corn. Middle ton, Game at Che , v. 3.