Fringe maker

A manufacturer of fringes. Fringilla, n. ( Zool.) A genus of ince orial birds; the CHAFFINCH, q. v. Fringilla'ceo us, a. ( Zool.) Belonging or relating to birds of the family Fringillid a. Fringil'lidæ, n . pl. ( Zool .) The Finch and Sparrow family, an extensive family of birds, order In ce ores, often described under the general name of Finches , and including various minor groups, consisting of several genera more or le closely related to one another, as the Grosbeaks, Buntings, Cro bills, Sparrows, and the like. None of them are of large size; and in their habits and general appearance they bear a very strong relationship. Fig . 1076.- ARKANSAS FINCH, ( Carpodacus psaltria .) between Elbing and Königsberg, 58 m. long, and averaging 5 in breadth. It receives the Pa arge and Pregel rivers, and two arms of the Vistula. Friseur, (frez'úr,) n. [Fr.] A hair-dre er. Frisians ( friz shans ), or Frisii (later called Frisones ) were an ancient Germanic people, who inhabited the extreme northwest of Germany, between the mouths of the Rhine and Ems, and were subjected to the Roman power under Drusus. They were subdued by the Franks, and, on the division of the Car loving i an empire, their country was divided into W. Frisian (W. Fries land), and E. Frisian (E. Fries land). The language of the Frisians is intermediate between the AngloS axon and the Old Norse. Our knowledge of the old Frisian is derived from certain collections of laws; as the "Asegabuch," composed about 1200; the "Brokmerbrief," in the 13th century; the Epnsiger Domen," about 1300, and some others. (See Richthofen's Fries . Rechtsquellen, Gött. 1840.) The modern Frisian is now spoken only in a few districts, and even in these only by the peasantry; not being used either in the churches or schools. It is further divided into a number of local dialects. Attempts have recently been made to revive an interest in the Frisian, and various specimens of its earlier literature have been published. An excellent Dictionary of the old Frisian, by Richthofen, was published in 1840.