From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
frank \frank\ (fr[a^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {franked}
(fr[a^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {franking}.]
1. To send by public conveyance free of expense. --Dickens.
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2. To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package,
or packet, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Frank \Frank\, n. [See {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
go free of postage. Called also the {franking privilege}.
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I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must
burn my letter and begin again. --Cowper.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Frank \Frank\, n. [OF. franc.]
A pigsty. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Frank \Frank\, v. t.
To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to
fatten. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Frank \Frank\, n. (Zool.)
The common heron; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
frank \frank\ (fr[a^][ng]k), a. [Compar. {franker}
(fr[a^][ng]k"[~e]r); superl. {frankest}.] [F. franc free,
frank, L. Francus a Frank, fr. OHG. Franko the name of a
Germanic people on the Rhine, who afterward founded the
French monarchy; cf. AS. franca javelin, Icel. frakka. Cf.
{Franc}, {French}, a., {Franchise}, n.]
1. Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. [R.]
"It is of frank gift." --Spenser.
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2. Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved;
using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature,
conversation, manner, etc.
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3. Liberal; generous; profuse. [Obs.]
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Frank of civilities that cost them nothing.
--L'Estrange.
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4. Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.
--Spenser.
Syn: Ingenuous; candid; artless; plain; open; unreserved;
undisguised; sincere. See {Candid}, {Ingenuous}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Frank \Frank\, n. [Cf. F. franc. See {Frank}, a.]
1. (Ethnol.) A member of one of the German tribes that in the
fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established
the kingdom of France.
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2. A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a
term used in the Levant.
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3. A French coin. See {Franc}.
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From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
frank /frɑŋk/
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