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1. fra(u)ghtāǧe n.

Additional spellings: fraughtage
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Transportation, carriage; ?carrying charge. …

2. fraunchīsen v.

26 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To set free; --used fig.; (b) to liberate (a people or nation); (c) to allow (someone) freedom of choice. …

3. Fransh adj.

19 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Pertaining to France or to Frenchmen; Fransh moal, Fransh tonge, the French language; composed or written in French; (b) associated with France or Frenchmen, regarded as having originated in……

4. from prep.

357 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) Of movement or direction (often with indication of the goal): away from, from; fro(m..to (til); (b) fro dore to dore, fro land to land, etc. …

5. frā-fal n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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?The tail race (of a mill), the drop below the mill wheel. …

6. Frankish adj.

18 quotations in 3 senses
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Pertaining to France or the French people, characteristic of Frenchmen; of French birth or descent; consisting of Frenchmen; Frankish fare, courtly behavior; also [ironically], arrogant behavior……

7. frōward prep.

25 quotations in 3 senses
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With verbs of movement or direction: away from (something or someone), out of (a place); from the direction of, from. …

8. from adv.

26 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Of place or movement: away; (b) fallen fro, descend (from an ancestor); (c) tellen fro, tell about. …

9. frough adj.

9 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Weak (in character), loose, fickle; fals and frough; (b) of a vision: delicate; ?delightful. …

10. fraught n.

27 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The transporting of goods or passengers (usually by water); a charge for transportation; passage money; (b) facilities for transportation. …

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