Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FRANK-AL-MOIGN', n. [frankalmoin'; frank and Norm. almoignes, alms.]

Free alms; in English law, a tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands to them and their successors forever, on condition of praying for the soul of the donor. Blackstone.

FRANK'CHASE, n.

A liberty of free chase, whereby persons having lands within the compass of the same, are prohibited to cut down any wood, &c. out of the view of the forester. Cowel. Free chase, is the liberty of keeping beasts of chase or royal game therein, protected even from the owner of the land himself, with a power of hunting them thereon. Blackstone.

FRANK'ED, pp.

Exempted from postage.

FRANK'FEE, n.

Freehold; a holding of lands in fee simple. Encyc.

FRANK'-HEART-ED, a.

Having a frank disposition.

FRANK'-HEART-ED-NESS, n.

The state of having a frank heart.

FRANK-IN'CENSE, n. [frank and incense.]

A dry resinous substance in pieces or drops, of a pale yellowish white color, of a bitterish acrid taste, and very inflammable, used as a perfume. Hill. Encyc.

FRANK'ING, ppr.

Exempting from postage.

FRANK'ISH, a.

Relating to the Franks. Verstegan.

FRANK'LAW, n.

Free or common law, or the benefit a person has by it. Encyc.

FRANK'LIN, n.

A freeholder. [Obs.] Spenser.

FRANK'LIN-ITE, n.

A mineral compound of iron, zink and manganese, found in New Jersey, and named from Dr. Franklin. Cleaveland.

FRANK'LY, adv.

1. Openly; freely; ingenuously; without reserve, constraint or disguise; as, to confess one's faults frankly.
2. Liberally; freely; readily. Luke vii.

FRANK'MAR-RIAGE, n.

A tenure in tail special; or an estate of inheritance given to a person, together with a wife, and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten. Blackstone.

FRANK'NESS, n.

1. Plainness of speech; candor; freedom in communication: openness; ingenuousness. He told me his opinion with frankness.
2. Fairness; freedom from art or craft; as, frankness of dealing.
3. Liberality; bounteousness. [Little used.]

FRANK'PLEDGE, n.

A pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen. Anciently in England, a number of neighbors who were bound for each other's good behavior. Encyc.

FRANK-TEN'E-MENT, n.

An estate of freehold; the possession of the soil by a freeman. Blackstone.

FRAN'TIC, a. [L. phreneticus; Gr. φρενητικος, from φρενιτις, delirium or raving, from φρην, mind, the radical sense of which is to rush, to drive forward. So animus signifies mind, soul, courage, spirit; and anima signifies soul, wind, breath.]

1. Mad; raving; furious; outrageous; wild and disorderly; distracted; as, a frantic person; frantic with fear or grief.
2. Characterized by violence, fury and disorder; noisy; mad; wild; irregular; as, the frantic rites of Bacchus.

FRAN'TIC-LY, adv.

Madly; distractedly; outrageously.

FRAN'TIC-NESS, n.

Madness; fury of passion; distraction.

FRAP, v.t.

In seamen's language, to cross and draw together the several parts of a tackle to increase the tension. Mar. Dict.

FRAP'PED, pp.

Crossed and drawn together.

FRAP'PING, ppr.

Crossing and drawing together.

FRA-TERN'AL, a. [Fr. fraternel; L. fraternus, from frater, brother.]

Brotherly; pertaining to brethren; becoming brothers; as, fraternal love or affection; a fraternal embrace.

FRA-TERN'AL-LY, adv.

In a brotherly manner.