adv. & prep. [ OE. ] Fro. [ Old Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ It., for frate. See Friar. ] Brother; -- a title of a monk or friar;
v. i. & t. To scold; to nag. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Crabbed; peevish. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., crash, din, tumult, It. fracasso, fr. fracassare to break in pieces, perh. fr. fra within, among (L. infra) + cassare to annul, cashier. Cf. Cashier, v. t. ] An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A shallow iron pan to hold glass ware while being annealed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. fracidus mellow, soft. ] Rotten from being too ripe; overripe. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. fractus, p. p. of frangere to break. ] To break; to violate. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Her.) Having a part displaced, as if broken; -- said of an ordinary. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. fraction, L. fractio a breaking, fr. frangere, fractum, to break. See Break. ]
Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking up. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some niggard fractions of an hour. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Common fraction,
Vulgar fraction
Complex fraction,
Compound fraction,
Continued fraction,
Decimal fraction,
Partial fraction, etc.
Improper fraction,
Proper fraction,