frisure (frizur)

[Also frizure; His hair was of a dark brown;... it had not received the fashionable frizure . Graves , Spiritual Quixote, v. 6. frit (frit), n. [Also spelled fritt , fritte ; fritte , fritt a , frit, fem. (= F. frite ) of frit to (= F. frit ) ( frictus ), pp. of friggere = F. frire , L. frigere , roast, parch, fry: see fryl .] 1. The material of which gla is made as prepared for complete fusion by a previous calcination carried to a point where the silica begins to act on the bases, forming an imperfectly melted or fritted ma .-2. The composition from which artificial soft or tender porcelain and other partly vitrifiable mixtures are made. See soft porcelain , under porcelain . This French pâte tendre, or artificial porcelain, as it is sometimes called, is composed of alkaline frittes and carbonate of lime, covered with a lead glaze analogous in nature to flint-gla . Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 657. Frit body, in ceram., a body the materials of which are first mixed, then fired, and lastly ground up with clay. The result is a vitrified appearance throughout.-Frit porcelain, name given to the artificial soft-paste Eng is hora i rom its vitreous nature, the paste prepared for it being a frit not unlike that of the gla makers. This name was given to it by the first makers of hard-paste or true porcelain in England. See false porce lain, under porcelain. frit (frit), v. t.; pret. and pp. fritted, ppr. frit ting. [ forest, Gael. frith, a forest, prop. of deer, are taken from ME. frith.] 1. Peace; security; freedom from molestation. In modern use only with reference to Anglo-Saxon law, in which the e ential ideas indicated by the word were: ( a ) The right to be in peace as secured by penal sanctions. To be within the frith or peace was to be within the domain of law, within the protection of the established authorities. Pax vobis, frith , for that he ben thanne fried [freed] of the develes thralsipe [thraldom]. Old Eng. Homilies (ed. Morris), II. 103. Older than "the peace of the folk," far older than "the King's peace," which was to succeed it, was the frith or peace of the freeman himself the right that each man had to secure for himself safe life and sound limb. J. R. Green, Conq. of Eng., p. 21. (b) A treaty or agreement of peace made between two contending kingdoms or districts. 21. A piece of land inclosed for the preservation of game; a park or forest for game; hence, a forest or woody place in general; a hedge; a coppice. Layamon, I. 61. Ye huntieth i the kinges fri the [var. parc ]. Gret joye is in frith and lake. Richard Coer de Lion , 1. 3737. Thanne shal Feith be forester here and in this frith walke. Piers Plowman (B), xvii. 112. The sylvans that about the neighbouring woods did dwell, Both in the tufty frith and in the mo y fell, Forsook their gloomy bow'rs and wand'red far abroad. Drayton, Polyolbion, xvii. 388. 31. A small field taken out of a common.4. Ground overgrown with bushes or underwood; a field which has been taken from woods. Wright. [Prov. Eng.] = frith1+, v. t. [ME [ME. frithien, = = Goth. ga - frith on , reconcile; from the noun.] 1. To protect; guard. He. gaf him leue To wune Egipte fole among, And fri then him wel fro euerilc wrong. Genesis and Exodus (E. E. T. S.), 1. 786. 2. To inclose; fence in, as a forest or park. ffaunde [ fand2, see that] my fforestez be ffrythede o frenchepe [in friendship] for evere, That nane werreye my wylde [wild, i. e., game]. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 656. 2384 a union of neighbors pledged to one another by oath for the preservation of order and for self defense, all being liable for the misdeeds of any member of the guild. On the decline of the kinsfolk organization in the tenth century, this became a common element in social order in England. Strong as the crown might be, its strength lay in the king's personal action, and it was far from po e ing any adequate police or judicial machinery for carrying its will into effect. To supply such a machinery was the aim of the frith -gilds. J. R. Green, Conq. of Eng., p. 219. frithsoken (frith'sōken), n. [Also frithsocne, frithsocn, frithsoca; ME. frithsocne, “franchise de franc plege" (Rel. Antiq., I. 33), Hence, in later times-2. The liberty of having a view of frank-pledge. See frank - pledge. friths plot (frith's plot), n. [AS., occurring only once, fred stole, freed stool, repr. AS. frith - stol, Such a privilege [the right of sanctuary or refuge for criminals] was given by allowing what was called the Frithstool to be set up in some part of the hallowed building. This "stool of peace," for such is the meaning of the word, was a low-backed arm-chair, made of stone. Its standing-place was either near the high altar, or by the side of the patron saint's shrine. From this spot, as from a center, the frithstool spread its privilege of sanctuary over land and water all about the minster which held it, to the distance of at least a mile. frivolity See frit .