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pl. "Almighty framer of the skies! O let our pure devotion rise, Like incense in thy sight." IMG:content-0104.png:[blocks in formation] framing-table, s. Min .: A table eight feet long and four feet wide, with a ledge around it. At the upper end is the jagging-board, over which the sluices are so distributed that a small stream of water shall carry them gradually down on to the table. The richer portions of the ore rest upon the upper part, and the poorer, lighter portions are carried farther down: light impurities escape with the water. When the table is sufficiently full, it is lifted into a vertical position, so as to tip out its contents, which fall into the vat beneath. *frăm'-pal, *frăm'-pel, *frăm-põld, *frampul, a. [Etym. doubtful.) Fretful, peevish, ill natured, froward, quarrelsome, ill-tempered. frăńc (1), *frăńk (1), s . [Fr. franc .] [FRANK, a .] *1. A name given to two coins current formerly in France, the one of gold, and worth about $2.50, the other of silver and worth about 85c. 2. The modern French coin, the unit of value and the unit of account in France. It is of silver, 835 IMG:content-0105.png:[blocks in formation] *frăńc (2), *frank (2), s . [FRANK (2), s .) frăn- çhişe, * fraun-chise, * fran - chyse, *fraun-chyse, s . & a . [Fr., from franc his sant , pr. par. of franchir =to make free; franc =free.] A. As substantive: *1. Freedom; liberty. "We wolleth for oure franchise figghti, And for our lond." Robert of Gloucester, p. 47. Francis can The franchise granting the right of suffrage is in this country almost entirely a matter subject to state legislation, although the rights and privileges and the restrictions, likewise, attendant on the franchise must in no wise conflict with the constitution and laws of the United States. Thus, as an example, in some of the states any participation in a duel will disfranchise a man, and render him ineligible for any office within the gift of the state, but it will not affect his eligibility for the office of president of the United States. 3. The district or extent of jurisdiction to which a certain privilege or right extends; the limit of a privilege or immunity. "In the great franchises of the latter writ had no course."- Hallam . the king's 4. A sanctuary or asylum for persons liable to be arrested. "The king's sheriffs are empowered to enter all fran chises for the apprehension of felons or traitors." - Hallam . 5. Frankne ; generosity; nobility. "Here may ye seen, how excellent franchise In woman is whan they hem narwe avise." Chaucer: C. T. , 9,861. *B. As adj .: Enjoying a franchise or privilege; privileged. "Yet he was fayne to departe and to go to Trecte, & fraunches towne for all maner of people, payeng for that they take."-Berners: Froi art ; Chronicle , vol. ii., ch. clx. frăn -çhişe, *fraun-chise, v. t. [FRANCHISE, 8.] To make free; to enfranchise; to give freedom or liberty to.