freeze 
Jealousy on the part of Western stockholders, and an 
2371 
, nd an Fregata, Fregatta (fre-ga'ta, -cat 'a), . [NL. 
insane fear that Co t would trerze. them a 1 out, i Ic ayi-d / .? ,-,. - ' ' '! < V A 
the erection ,,f this [mining|nm,-hinery. V, -J'^'J"!'', a fngato : see ./)/ te.] A genu; 
Quoted ill J/mr/7/x An/nna anil Sonora, p. 58. 
The Baltimore ami Ohio, only a short time ago, froze out 
the Inter-SUite Telegraph Company. 
ii Rev. (Amer.), XII. 11. 
- . . .. ^ genus 
of birds, the frigate-pelicans, forming the typo 
and only representative of the family Fregati- 
<la>,: same as Tacliyix'tcx. See cut under frig- 
ate-bird. 
II. intrants. 1. To be congealed by cold; be Fregatidae (fre-gat'i-de), n. pi. [NL., <. Fre- 
changed from a liquid to a solid state by the gata + -trf>.] A family of totipalmate birds, 
abstraction of heat; be hardened into ice or of the group 8teganopodeg, having very long 
into a solid body by cold : as, water freezes at pointed wings, very long forked tail, and ex- 
tremely short tarsi ; the frigate-pelicans. Also 
the temperature of 32 P. 
Thare ys a notlier Ryvere, that upon the nygt freseth 
wondur faste. Mmi'li-inlle, Travels, p. 125. 
Tlie sculptured dead, on eaeh side, seem to freeze, 
Iinprison'cl in black, purgatorial rails. 
Keats, Eve of St. Agnes, ii. 
2. To be of that degree of cold at which water 
congeals : often used impersonally to describe 
the state of the weather : as, it is freezing to- 
night. 
Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, 
Thou dost not bite so nigh 
As benefits forgot. 
Shale., As you Like it, ii. 7 (song). 
3. To suffer the effects of intense cold; be 
stiffened, hardened, or impaired by cold. 
called Taehypettda. 
Fregatta, . See Fregata. 
fregiatura (fra-ja-to'ra), n.; pi. fregiature 
(-re). [It., trimming, ornament, < fregiare, 
trim, adorn, < ML. frigiare, plirygitirc, embroi- 
der with gol&,(frigium,phrygium, gold embroi- 
dery, Phrygian work: see aunphrygia.] In 
music, an ornament; an embellishment. 
Fregilus (frej'i-lus), . [NL. ] A genus of cor- 
vine passerine birds with black plumage and 
red bill and feet; the choughs. F. graculits is 
the common chough. Also called 1'yrrhocorax 
and Coracia. See cut under chough. 
Freia (fre'yii), n. [NL.] 1. A genus of arach- 
nidans. C.U.Koch, 1850. 2. In Protozoa, same 
as Folliculina. Clapardde and Lachmann, 1856. 
Such rage as winters reigneth in my heart, 
My life-bloucl friesing with unkindly cold. * - 
Spenser, Shep. Cal., January, freibergite (fii'berg-it), n. [< Freiberg (see 
4. Figuratively, to be or become chilled; snf- def -) + -te 2 .] A variety of tetrahedrite con- 
fer greatly from the sensation of cold. 5. To taming several per cent, of silver: named from 
cause a sensation of great cold. [Kare.] Freiberg in Saxony. 
The wand-ring rivals gaze with cares oppressed, freieslebenite (fri-es-la'bn-it), n. [Named 
And chilling \mnonn freeze in every breast. alter Johann Karl Freiesleben (1774-1846), a 
Pope, Odyssey, ii. distinguished Saxon geologist.] A native sul- 
To freeze to (a person or a thing), to attach one's self phid of antimony, lead, and silver, occurring 
^closely or devotedly to; take possession of. [Colloq., u. S.] m prismatic crystals of a light steel-gray color 
fremd 
All travel and freightage are still, as of old, conduct.'.! 
tiy means of horses, asses, caim-ls, and nmle.s. 
linriiri-'x Mntj., LXXII. ill!. 
3. Money paid for the carriage of goods or 
merchandise ; charge for the transportation of 
goods. See freight, n., 2. 
N" more than one half of the duty of . /.--/'//. tn'f shall be 
fxpendud toward the payment of their debt*. 
Ml/I'm. Letters of state, To the K. of Portugal. 
freight-car (frat'kiir), i. A railroad-car for car- 
rying freight, commonly a box-car. Called in 
(Jrcat Britain a yo/iflx-wat/on or i/midx-i-im. 
freight-engine (frat'en"|in), n. A locomotive 
used for drawing freight-trains. [U. S.] 
freighter (fra'ter), . 1. One who freights or 
charters a ship for the transportation of goods 
or merchandise ; a shipper. 
He represented in behalf of himself and other owners 
ami freighters of the London gaily, that the said gaily sailed 
from Jamaica the latter end of February last. 
Parliamentary Hist., 6 Anne, 1706. The Lord's Address. 
2. One who sends goods by land or by sea, 
either for himself or for others. See freight, 
n.,2. 
The local trader or the agricultural freighter. 
Contemporary Jiev., LI. 81. 
Men employed by the freighters to look after the mules 
during the night to prevent their straying off. 
The American, IX. 110. 
3. A ship or vessel engaged in the carrying- 
trade. 
The ship "Maria" . . . 
s a. freighter. 
The effects of the late freeze have been severely felt. enceof F. fret :~see fraught, n.~] 1 The cargo 
Charleston (U. S.) Newspaper. (BartleU.) or any part of the cargO; ( ft gh J j lading . 
freeze 2 t, . See fnezei. which is carried by water ; in the United States 
freezer (fre zer), n. One who or that which and Canada, in general, anything carried for 
freezes or chills; a refrigerator; especially, a pay either by water or by land; the lading of a 
contrivance, as a vessel containing a freezing- ship, canal-boat, railroad-car, wagon, etc. 
mixture, for producing a freezing temperature 
in substances exposed to its influence, as cream. 
The books . . . looked, in their cold, hard, slippery uni- 
forms, as if they had but one idea among them, and that 
was A freezer. Dickens, Dombey and Son, v. 
Yon sail, that, from the sky-mixt wave, 
Dawns on the sight, and wafts the royal youth, 
freight of future glory to my shore. 
Thomson, Britannia. 
The bark, that ploughs the deep serene, 
Charg'd with a freight transcending in its worth 
The gems of India, Nature's rarest birth, . . . 
A herald of God's love to pagan lands. 
Cowper, Charity, 1. 133. 
2. The price paid for the transportation of 
goods or merchandise by sea ; by extension, in 
Golden Book, xxxviii. the United States and Canada, in general, the 
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen ! price paid for the transportation of goods or 
merchandise by land or by sea. 
7inff rfre'yino-l n n FPnr nf fnv v 1 Fllel ia chea P. freights are extremely low, and these, 
Zing (.ire zing;, p. a. Lrpr. or Jree*e>-, v.\ witn many other advantages, offer unusual opportunities 
1. ouch as to freeze; specifically, at or below to merchants and manufacturers, 
the temperature of 32 F.(0C.), which is called Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 718. 
the freezing-point, because water freezes at 3. In a more general sense, the price paid for 
that temperature ; in general, very cold : as, the use of a ship, including the transportation 
freezing weather. -2. Figuratively, haughty; of passengers By freight, by the usual public con- 
stern; chilling: as, freezing politeness. veyance or means of transport; as regular freight: op- 
freezing-box (fre'zing-boks), n. A box in which ^rmi[U Ifj 
fish are frozen. the adjectives. 
freezingly (fre'zing-li), adv. In a freezing or freight (frat), v. t. [(freight, .] 1. To load 
freezing (fre'zing), n. [Verbal n. of freeze*, .] 
The act of hardening, congealing, or solidify- 
ing with cold ; freezing or chilling treatment. 
And wynter incrasyng with many great snowes and fres- 
yng of the earth, there felle on him another maladie. 
chilling manner. 
A crowded and attentive House, which, v/hl\stfreezingly 
deprecatory, remained politely attentive. 
R. J. Hinton, Eug. Radical Leaders, p. 35. 
freezing-mixture (fr^'zing-miks'tur), n. A 
mixture that has the property of producing a 
sufficient degree of cold that is, a sufficiently 
rapid absorption of heat to freeze liquids. 
In general, such a mixture consists of a solid and a liquid 
or lade with goods or merchandise for trans- 
portation : often used figuratively. 
I had from you lately two Letters ; the last was well 
freighted with very good Stuff, but the other, to deal plain- 
ly with you, was not so. Howell, Letters, ii. 21. 
Each vessel! freighted with a several load ; 
Each squadron waiting for a several wind. 
Dryden, Annus Hirabilis, St. 205. 
Every page is brightened with wit, ennobled by senti- 
in general, sucli a mixture consists ol a solid and a liquid u W1L " w '^ ennooieu oy senii- 
in which the solid rapidly dissolves : for example, hydro- m ent, freighted with knowledge, or decorated with ini- 
chloric acid and sodium sulphate. Its effect is'due to the 
fact that the change of a solid to a liquid requires a certain 
amount of heat (see latent heat, under heat), and if this 
change goes on rapidly, a considerable lowering of tem- 
perature results. In the common case of pounded ice and 
salt, which gives a temperature of about F. (18 C.), 
there is a double change, both resulting in the absorption 
of heat the melting of the ice and the solution of the 
salt. See ice-machine. 
freezing-point (fre'zing-point), n. The tem- 
agery. Whipple, Ess. and Rev., I. 13. 
2. To hire for the transportation of goods or 
merchandise. 3. To carry or transport as 
freight. 
Each of these Rooms [compartments in a ship] belong to 
one or two Merchants, or more ; and every Man freights' 
his Goods in his own Room. Dampier, Voyages, I. 412. 
A water that has been freighted perhaps three thousand 
miles, and kept in stock for months, undergoing unknown 
-- v -., , 
perature at which a liquid freezes ; loosely, changes all the time. , Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 721. 
the temperature at which ice melts. The freez- freightt (frat), p. a. [Also fraigjit; var. of 
ing-pomt, in the strict sense, depends ou many circnni- frautiht ~\ Same as 
melting-points without freezing. The melting-point of ice 
(water), however, is relatively fixed and readily observed. 
Consequently, the melting-point is always substituted for 
the freezing-point in making thermometers, although it is 
generally called by the latter name 
The freezing-point of water and' the melting.point of 
ice. as Professor Tyndall remarks, touch each other as it 
were - J. Croll, Climate and Time, p. 557. 
. . 
Freight; lading; cargo: also used figuratively. 
English shins Indpu with 
dim r // 
' 
nr nf im 
'" ii In ' I 11 
' "' 
, . ., ' , , ' , ' 
toal as ttn "^freightage is fully as important as the down 
^ ra 
2 - ine carrying or transportation of merchan- 
dise, etc. 
. . . being at that period employed 
C. M. Scammon, Marine Mammals, p. 244. 
Heavily loaded freighters were lurching in, every mule 
straining in his collar, every trace taut and quivering. 
The Century, XXXI. 65. 
freight-house (frat'hous), n. A house or depot 
for freight. [U. S.] = Syn. Station, etc. See depot. 
freighting (fra'ting), n. [Verbal n. of freight, 
v.~\ The carriage or transportation of freight; 
freightage. 
In the rainy season, the water flowing down from the 
various ravines and from the Salto (the source of the San 
Miguel) fills tile arroyo, and reunersfreighting in wagons 
difficult, but does not impede transit by mule's and pack- 
trains. L. Hamilton, Mexican Handbook, p. 67. 
freighting (fra'ting), p. a. [Ppr. of freight, v.~\ 
Concerned with the carrying of freight or mer- 
chandise. 
At the beginning of that war (as in the commencement 
of every war) traders were struck with a sort of panick. 
Many went out of the freighting business. 
Burke, Late State of the Nation. 
freightless (frat'les), a. Destitute of freight. 
freight-train (frat'tran), n. A train of freight- 
cars. Called in Great Britain a goods-train. 
freinet, r. t. See frairil. 
freit, freity. See freet, freely. 
freket, See/remfr 1 . 
freltef, n. A Middle English form of frailty. 
fremd (fremd), a. and . [North. E. and So., 
alsofrem,fremit,fremmit,frammit, etc.; < ME. 
fremd, fremed, fremde, fremede, < AS. fremfle, 
fremede, fremthe = OS.frentitM = OFries. fre- 
med, framd = D. vreemd = MLG. rrcmede,vro- 
mede = OHG. framidi, fremidi, MHO. rremcde, 
vremde, Gr. fremd (Icel. framandi = Sw.frcim- 
mande = Dan. fremmcd, appar. < LG. or G.) = 
Goth, framaths, strange, foreign, < Goth., AS., 
etc., /raw,E. from: see from.] I. a. I. Strange; 
foreign. 
A faucon peregryn than seined she 
Of fremde londe. Chaucer, Squired Tale, 1. 421. 
Wharf rae cam thir [these] frem swains, 
Wi' us this night to guest? 
Rosmer Ilafmand (Child's Ballads, I. 254). 
2. Not akin; unrelated. 
Many are that neuer haue halde the ordyre of lufo 
ynesche thairc frendyssybbeor/remprfi!, botonthire thay 
lllfe thaym oiler mekill or thay lufe tham oiler lyttill. 
Ilampole, Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.), p. 8. 
I saw not how the bairn could dwell among them, see- 
ing that they were fremd in heart if they were kin in 
Wood. Mrs. OKphant. 
3. Strange; singular; queer. 
Never was there yit so fremed a cas. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 1048. 
Better my friend think me /remit 
Than fashions. Ramsay's Scotch Proverbs. 
4f. Wild; undomestieated. 
Bothe/rewed and tame. Chaucer, Troilus, iii. 629. 
The fremd, strangers; the strange world : as, to go into 
the fremd, to go among strangers : said of any one leav- 
ing the family in which he was brought up and going 
into the service of strangers. [Scotch. | 
Il.t . A stranger; a foreigner or an alien. 
So now his frend is chaunged for nfrenne. 
.s'/"-;ixcr, Sliep. Cal., April. 
As perjur'd cowards in adversity, 
With sight of fear, from friends to fremb'd do fly. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, i. 
