Emily Dickinson Lexicon

fraction (-s), n. [L. fractus, break.] (webplay: part, whole).

1. Very small part.
2. Part as distinct from the whole.

fracture, n. [L.] (webplay: break).

1. Break; crack.
2. Appearance of being broken.

fracture (-ed), v. [see fracture, n.]

Crack; break.

fractured, verbal adj. [see fracture, n.]

Cracked; not whole.

fragile, adj. [L. fragilis.]

Easily broken; delicate; weak.

fragrant, adj. [L. 'to smell'.]

Sweet-smelling.

frail, adj. [OFr < L. fragilis.]

1. Weak; breakable; [fig.] mortal; subject to death.
2. Fleet; brief; transient.

frame, n. [ON frame, furtherance, advancement, or OE fram, forward, from; see frame, v.] (webplay: house).

1. Appearance; aspect; [fig.] gown; clothes; dress; robe.
2. Support; enclosing structure; [fig.] anatomy; human body; mortal physique.
3. Coffin; wooden box.
4. Structure; wooden form of a house; timbers of an edifice fitted and joined .

frame, v. [OE framian, to be helpful or profitable, to make progress.]

Style; adorn; prepare; make ready for use.

frank, adj. [OFr < med. L. francus, free.]

Open; undisguised.