p. a. [ OE. afrayed, affraide, p. p. of afraien to affray. See Affray, and cf. Afeard. ] Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive. [ Afraid comes after the noun it limits. ] “Back they recoiled, afraid.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ This word expresses a less degree of fear than terrified or frightened. It is followed by of before the object of fear, or by the infinitive, or by a dependent clause; as, to be afraid of death. “I am afraid to die.” “I am afraid he will chastise me.” “Be not afraid that I your hand should take.” Shak. I am afraid is sometimes used colloquially to soften a statement; as, I am afraid I can not help you in this matter. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Same as Fraught. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. fraiel, fraile, OF. fraiel, freel, frael, fr. LL. fraellum. ] A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
That I may know how frail I am. Ps. xxxix. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
An old bent man, worn and frail. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
Deep indignation and compassion frail. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Man is frail, and prone to evil. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Weakly; infirmly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Frailty. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
God knows our frailty, [ and ] pities our weakness. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ OF.; F fraicheur, fr. frais, fem. fraîche, fresh; of German origin. See Frash, a. ] Freshness; coolness. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Froise. ] A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. fraise, orig., a ruff, cf. F. frise frieze, E. frieze a coarse stuff. ]
v. t. (Mil.) To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Fortified with a fraise. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
His reason refraineth not his foul delight or talent. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Refrain thy foot from their path. Prov. i. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]
Who, requiring a remedy for his gout, received no other counsel than to refrain cold drink. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain. [ 1913 Webster ]
Refrain from these men, and let them alone. Acts v. 38. [ 1913 Webster ]
They refrained therefrom [ eating flesh ] some time after. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. refrain, fr. OF. refraindre; cf. Pr. refranhs a refrain, refranher to repeat. See Refract, Refrain, v. ] The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition. [ 1913 Webster ]
We hear the wild refrain. Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who refrains. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Act of refraining. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ D. tafereel a panel, picture, fr. tafel table, fr. L. tabula. See Table. ] (Naut.) The upper part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship's stern.
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