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p. a. Affrighted. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror. [ 1913 Webster ]

He looks behind him with affright, and forward with despair. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With fright. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To frighten. [ Archaic ] “Fit tales . . . to affrighten babes.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who frightens. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Terrifying; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth. [1913 Webster]

n. Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind with terror and affrightment. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. frégate, It. fregata, prob. contracted fr. L. fabricata something constructed or built. See Fabricate. ] 1. 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were built, and formed the main part of the navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them. [ Formerly spelled frigat and friggot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any small vessel on the water. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Frigate bird (Zool.), a web-footed rapacious bird, of the genus Fregata; -- called also man-of-war bird, and frigate pelican. Two species are known; that of the Southern United States and West Indies is F. aquila. They are remarkable for their long wings and powerful flight. Their food consists of fish which they obtain by robbing gulls, terns, and other birds, of their prey. They are related to the pelicans. --
Frigate mackerel (Zool.), an oceanic fish (Auxis Rochei) of little or no value as food, often very abundant off the coast of the United States. --
Frigate pelican. (Zool.) Same as Frigate bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Built like a frigate with a raised quarter-deck and forecastle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. fregatone: cf. F.frégaton. See Frigate. ] (Naut.) A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. frigere to be cold + facere to make. ] The act of making cold. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cooling. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. frigerare, fr. frigus cold. ] To make cool. [ Obs. ] Blount.

{ n. [ Icel. Frigg. See Friday. ] (Scand. Myth.) The wife of Odin and mother of the gods; the supreme goddess; the Juno of the Valhalla. Cf. Freya. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. frigt, freyht, AS. fyrhto, fyrhtu; akin to OS. forhta, OHG. forhta, forahta, G. furcht, Dan. frygt, Sw. fruktan, Goth. faúrhtei fear, faúrhts timid. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion. [ Colloq. ]

Syn. -- Alarm; terror; consternation. See Alarm. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Frighted; p. pr. & vb. n.. Frighting. ] [ OE. frigten to fear, frighten, AS. fyrhtan to frighten, forhtian to fear; akin to OS. forhtian, OHG. furihten, forahtan, G. fürchten, Sw. frukta, Dan. frygte, Goth. faurhtjan. See Fright, n., and cf. Frighten. ] To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit. Dryden.

Syn. -- To affright; dismay; daunt; intimidate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Frightened p. pr. & vb. n. Frightening ] [ See Fright, v. t. ] To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify. [ 1913 Webster ]

More frightened than hurt. Old Proverb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.

Syn. -- Terrible; dreadful; alarming; fearful; terrific; awful; horrid; horrible; shocking. -- Frightful, Dreadful, Awful. These words all express fear. In frightful, it is a sudden emotion; in dreadful, it is deeper and more prolonged; in awful, the fear is mingled with the emotion of awe, which subdues us before the presence of some invisible power. An accident may be frightful; the approach of death is dreadful to most men; the convulsions of the earthquake are awful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being frightful. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from fright; fearless. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fear; terror. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. frigidus, fr. frigere to be cold; prob. akin to Gr. &unr_; to shudder, or perh. to &unr_; cold. Cf. Frill. ] 1. Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, etc.; unfeeling; forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated; stiff and formal; as, a frigid constitution; a frigid style; a frigid look or manner; frigid obedience or service. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Frigid zone, that part of the earth which lies between either polar circle and its pole. It extends 23&unr_; 28&unr_; from the pole. See the Note under Arctic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Frigidaria [ L., neut. of frigidarium cooling. ] The cooling room of the Roman thermæ, furnished with a cold bath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. frigiditas: cf. F. frigidité. ] 1. The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ice is water congealed by the frigidity of the air. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality; as, frigidity of a reception, of a bow, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Want of heat or vigor; as, the frigidity of old age. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a frigid manner; coldly; dully; without affection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection; coldness; dullness.

{ a. [ L. frigorificus; frigus, frigoris, cold + facere to make: cf. F. frigorifique. ] Causing cold; producing or generating cold. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. infrigidatus, p. p. of infrigidare to chill. See 1st In-, and Frigid. ] To chill; to make cold; to cool. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. infrigidatio. ] The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine or an application for allaying fever, or the symptoms of fever; -- used also figuratively. Holland. “A refrigerant to passion.” Blair. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. refrigerans, p. pr. of refrigerare: cf. F. réfrigérant. See Refrigerate. ] Cooling; allaying heat or fever. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Refrigerated p. pr. & vb. n. Refrigerating. ] [ L. refrigeratus, p. p. of refrigerare; pref. re- re- + frigerare to make cool, fr. frigus, frigoris, coolness. See Frigid. ] To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. réfrigération, L. refrigeratio. ] The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state of being cooled. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. réfrigératif. ] Cooling; allaying heat. -- n. A refrigerant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crazed brains should come under a refrigerative treatment. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool. Specifically: (a) A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice. (b) An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated liquids or vapors, connected with a still, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Refrigerator car (Railroad), a freight car constructed as a refrigerator, for the transportation of fresh meats, fish, etc., in a temperature kept cool by ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. refrigeratorius. ] Mitigating heat; cooling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -ries [ CF. F. réfrigératoire. ] That which refrigerates or cools. Specifically: (a) In distillation, a vessel filled with cold water, surrounding the worm, the vapor in which is thereby condensed. (b) The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] Cooling refreshment; refrigeration. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Frightened at or by one's self. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Nervousness felt before an audience. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]