Index of English words, starting with "fr"

(1) - Frieze (v. t.) To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See Friz, v. t., 2.
(2) - Frieze (n.) A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
(3) - Frieze (n.) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See Illust. of Column.
(4) - Frieze (n.) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.

(1) - Frigate (n.) Any small vessel on the water.
(2) - Frigate (n.) Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely increased size and power were built, and formed the main part of the navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them.

(1) - Fright (n.) To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare.
(2) - Fright (n.) Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
(3) - Fright (n.) A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

(1) - Frighten (v. t.) To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.