frigate built (frigatbilt)

Naut., having a quarter-deck and forecastle raised above the main-deck. frigate-mackerel (frig'at-make-rel), n. A scombroid fish, Auxis thazard, of stout fusiform shape, with the spinous dorsal fin remote from the second one, and having a toothle vomer and palatines and a well-developed corselet. It occurs on both sides of the Atlantic. frigate-pelican (frig'at-pel i-kan), n. Same as frigate-bird. frigatoon (frig-a-tön'), n. [ fregatone , aug. of fregata , frigate: see frigate .] 1. A Venetian ve el with a square stern and two masts.- 21. A ship-rigged sloop of war. IMG:content-1864.png:[blocks in formation] frigefactiont (frij-e-fak's hon), n. [ p . a . 1. Frightened. * frigefactio (n-); cf. frigefactare , make cold, frigere , be cold, + facere , pp.fact us , make.] A cooling or making cold. Bailey , 1731. frigefactivet (frij-e-faktiv), a. [ Asfrigefact - ion + -ive.] Tending or serving to make cold; cooling. Horne , Dougla . 2. In her ., same as forcené . frighten (fri'tn), v. t. [ fright + -en1 (c).] To strike with fright; terrify; scare; dismay. Even that [2,000 leagues] was a Voyage enough to fright- en us, considering our scanty Provisions. Dampier , Voyages, I. 280. The rugged Bears, or spotted Lynx's Brood, Frighten the Vallies, and infest the Wood. Of midnight murder was a wonder heard With doubtful credit, told to frighten babes. frigeratoryt (frij'e-ra-to-ri), n. [ frigerate + -ory.] A place to make or keep things cool Frightened water, weak tea or coffee served on board in. Bailey , 1731. Frigg (frig), n. [Icel. Frigg (gen. Friggjar ), a godde , = AS. * Frigu , found only in the name of the sixth day ( Frigo dæg , E. Friday : see Friday ) , and as a common noun in gen. pl. frig a , dat. pl. frigum , love; = OHG. Fria . A different name (and godde ) from Icel. Freyja , fem. a ociated with Freyr : see Freya, frowl, The name Frigg is Latinized as Frigga or Friga .] In Norse myth., the wife of Odin and the queen of the gods. She is often confounded with Freya, a dis- tinct deity. Frigg was the godde of love in its loftier and constant form. Also Frigga , Friga . Frigga, Friga (frig'ä), n. [Latinized forms of Frigg .) Same as Frigg . friggling (frig'ling), a . [Ppr. of " friggle , freq. of frig , v .] Wriggling. But though I have seen, and been beset by them (water- spouts] often, yet the Fright was always the greatest part of the harm. Dampier , Voyages, I. 453. Gentle Lamia judged, and judged aright, That Lycius could not love in half a fright , So threw the godde off, and won his heart More pleasantly by playing woman's part. I'd brought Sir John o' Erskine park; He's thretty feet and three. But now they'll busk her like a fright - Willie's awa'! appal, intimidate. See afraid . frighten able (fri'tn-a-bl), a. [ frighten + -able .] Susceptible of being frightened. Cole- ridge. [Rare.] frightful (frit'ful), a. [ frightful , afraid; cf. AS. forhtfull , afraid, timid: see fright , n ., and -ful.] 1. Full of occasion for fright; causing or apt to excite alarm or terror; ter- rible; dreadful: as, a frightful chasm; a fright- ful tempest. Thy school-days frightful , desperate, wild, and furious. Shak., Rich. III., iv. 4. One cannot conceive so frightful a state of a nation. A maritime country without a marine, and without com- merce, a continental country without a frontier, and for a you sand miles surrounded with powerful, warlike, and ambitious neighbours. Burke , Policy of the Allies. Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. Cole ridge, Ancient Mariner, vi. 2. Intolerable; shocking; hideous. [Hyper- bolic.] "Odious! in woollen! 'twould a saint provoke" (Were the last words that poor Narci a spoke):... "One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead." Pope , Moral E ays, i. 250. And fright full matrons In heaps enhedg'd it. Their young boyes making wofull noise, Vicars, tr. of Virgil (1632). =Syn. Dreadful , Fearful , etc. (see auful ); alarming, ter- rific, horrible, shocking. Bleak level realm, where frigid styles abound, Where never yet a daring thought was found. Then, crush'd by rules, and weaken'd as ref in'd, For years the pow'r of Tragedy declin'd; From Bard to Bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Pa ion slept. Then to her gla ; and, "Betty, Don't I look frightfully to-day?" Betty, pray, Swift , Lady's Journal. 2. Intolerably; shockingly; hideously; exceed- ingly. [Hyperbolic.] They [the Lapps] are frightfully pious and commonplace. B. Taylor , Northern Travel, p. 136. IMG:content-1865.png:[blocks in formation] ery: they find nothing but monuments of frightfulne e , pledges of security. Bp . Hall , Samaria's Famine Relieved. frightiheadt, n. [ME. frightihed ; frighty + -head.] Fright; fear. frightilyt (frī'ti-li), adr . [ME. * frightily , frigti- like; Genesis and Exodus (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1617. [ fright + -le .] Free fright le (frīt'les), a . Img from fright. [Rare.] Marston , Soph on isba, iv. 1. fright ment (frit'ment), n. [ fright + -ment.] Fright; terror; alarm. All these frightments are but idle dreams. Dekker and Webster , Westward Ho, iv. 2. frightyt, a. [ME. frighty , frizti ; fright + -y1.] Afraid. frigorific (frig-ō-rif'ik), a . [= F. frig or i fique , frigorific us , cooling, frig us ( frig or- ), coolne , cold, + facere , make.] Causing cold; producing or generating cold: as, frigorific mix- tures. See freezing - mixture . When the frig or if ick power was arrived at the height, I several times found, that water.. would freeze in a quarter of a minute by a minute watch. Boyle , Works, III. 147. Genesis and Exodus (E. E. T. S.), 1. 667. frigid (frij'id), a. [= Sp. frigido = Pg. It. fri- gido , L. frigid us , cold, chill, cool, frigere , be -al .] Same as frigorific . cold; ef. frig us ( frig or- ), cold, coldne , cool ne , = Gr. ρίγος (for * Fpίγος ), cold, ῥιγοῦν , freeze. See frill .] 1. Cold in temperature; wanting heat or warmth; icy; wintry: as, the frigid zone. frig or if i cal (frig-ō-rif'i-kal), a . [ frigorific + frigott, n. An obsolete spelling of frigate . frigot2t, n. [Appar. a capricious use of the form frigot , with sense taken from L. frig us , cold, frigid us , frigid.] A person of cold or pas- sive temperament. frigot And indeed, it is much better to be such a henpecked frigot (sic errare) than always to be racked and tortured with the grating surmises of suspicion and jealousy. Kennet , tr. of Erasmus's Praise of Folly, p. 28. frijole (Sp. pron. frē-hō'lā), n. [Sp. frijol , fré jol , also frisol , frisuelo = Cat. fasol , French bean, kidney-bean, faseolus , phaseolus , kidney-bean: see fasel2 and phaseolus .] The common name in Mexico for the cultivated bean of that country, which forms an important staple of food. The Mexicans were also skilful makers of earthen pots, in which were cooked the native beans called by the Spanish frijoles , and the various savory stews still in vogue. E. B. Tylor , Encyc. Brit., XVI. 213. frijolillo (Sp. pron. fre-ho-lē'lyō), n. [Mex. Sp., dim. of Sp. frijol : see frijole .] The Lon cho carpus latifolius , a leguminous tree of Mexico and the West Indies. IMG:content-1866.jpg:[blocks in formation]