Frank :: Frank (n.) A pigsty.

Frank :: Frank (v. t.) To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten..

Frank :: Frank (n.) The common heron; -- so called from its note.

Frank :: Frank (n.) Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free..

Frank :: Frank (n.) Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc..

Frank :: Frank (n.) Liberal; generous; profuse.

Frank :: Frank (n.) Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.

Frank :: Frank (v. t.) To send by public conveyance free of expense.

Frank :: Frank (v. t.) To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc..

Frank :: Frank (a.) 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..

Frank :: Frank (a.) A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France..

Frank :: Frank (a.) A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.

Frank :: Frank (a.) A French coin. See Franc.

Frank-chase :: Frank-chase (n.) The liberty or franchise of having a chase; free chase.

Frank-fee :: Frank-fee (n.) A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold..

Frank-law :: Frank-law (n.) 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..

Frank-marriage :: Frank-marriage (n.) A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten..

Frankalmoigne :: Frankalmoigne (a.) 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..

Franked :: Franked (imp. & p. p.) of Fran.

Frankfort Black :: Frankfort black () A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc..

Frankincense :: Frankincense (n.) 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 :: Franking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fran.

Franking :: Franking (n.) A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter..

Frankish :: Frankish (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the Franks..

Franklin :: Franklin (a.) An English freeholder, or substantial householder..

Franklin Stove :: Franklin stove () A kind of open stove introduced by Benjamin Franklin, the peculiar feature of which was that a current of heated air was directly supplied to the room from an air box; -- now applied to other varieties of open stoves..

Franklinic :: Franklinic (a.) Of or pertaining to Benjamin Franklin.

Franklinite :: Franklinite (n.) A kind of mineral of the spinel group.

Frankly :: Frankly (adv.) In a frank manner; freely.

Frankness :: Frankness (n.) The quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality.

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