frogs march

1. A crawling on hands and knees. "He had had a frog's -march-that is to say, on hands, belly, and knees."- Sir S. Lakeman: What I saw in Kaffir Land , p. 20. 2. The being carried by two or four men face downward, a method often employed by policemen with violent drunken men. ( Slang .) "Treating a refactory toper to the frog's -march, by carrying him, face downward, to the station."- London Daily Telegraph . frog (2), s . [Port. froco =a flock of wool or of silk; Lat. floccus .] 1. Ord. Lang .: Lace wrought round a buttonhole. "With tabby lined, and frogs complete." Anstey: Pleaders ' Guide , lect. vii. 2. Military: (1) A button or toggle of spindle-shape, and covered with silk or other material, which is pa ed through a loop on the opposite side of the breast of a military cloak or overcoat, serving to fasten the two breasts together. (2) The loop of a bayonet or sword scabbard. "In a kind of frog on either side of this [belt] hung a littlo saw and hatchet."-De Foe : Robinson Crusoe , р. 158 (ed. 1858). frog (3), s . [A corrupt. of fork , from the shape.) Rail . Engin .: A section of rail at a point where rails diverge, or one track leads to two branches. A cro -frog is one placed at a rectangular intersection of railroad tracks. frog (4), s. (Etym. doubtful.] A young horse, more than one, but le than two years old.