Vocabulary : Frank to Frank-law

Frank : A pigsty. ;; To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten. ;; The common heron; -- so called from its note. ;; Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. ;; Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc. ;; Liberal; generous; profuse. ;; Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense. ;; To send by public conveyance free of expense. ;; To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc. ;; The privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to free of postage. ;; A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France. ;; A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant. ;; A French coin. See Franc.
Frankalmoigne : A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms.
Frank-chase : The liberty or franchise of having a chase; free chase.
Franked : of Frank
Frank-fee : A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold.
Frankfort black : A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc.
Frankincense : A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified.
Franking : of Frank ;; A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter.
Frankish : Like, or pertaining to, the Franks.
Frank-law : The liberty of being sworn in courts, as a juror or witness; one of the ancient privileges of a freeman; free and common law; -- an obsolete expression signifying substantially the same as the American expression civil rights.
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