frugality 
ance, frugality, < fmyalix, frugal: see frugal.'] 
1. The quality of being frugal; prudent econo- 
my; good husbandry or housewifery. 
lie that clcarcth by derm's in.lmvlh a habit of fru- 
<iulliii, and uaini-tli as wrll upon his ininil us npiin liis 
estate. Bacon, Expense (ed. 1887). 
The wisc/riir/rtd'f;/, that does nut give 
A life to saving, Imt that saves to live. 
CrMe, Works, I. 52. 
2. A prudent and sparing use or appropriation 
of anything. 
In this frugality of your praises some things I cannot 
omit. Dryden, Fables, Ded. 
= Syn. Thrift, etc. See eomo/////. 
frugally (frii'gal-i), tide. In a frugal or sav- 
ing manner; with economy ; sparingly. 
Plato seemed t<>n./V</i^/)/ ]>olitick, who allowed no larg- 
er monument then would contain fonrheroick verses, and 
designed the most barren ground for sepulture. 
Sir T. Browne, Urn-Burial, iii. 
That part of the Shows [yearly Panegyrics] being fru- 
gally abolished, the employment of City Poet ceased. 
Pope, Dunciad, i. 90, note. 
frugalness (fro'gal-nes), n. The quality of be- 
ing frugal ; frugality. 
fruggan, fruggin (frug'an, -in), n. [E. dial. 
fnigyaii, < WLE. frogon, f argon, furgun, forgone, 
< OF. fourgon, an oven-fork: see fourgon.] An 
oven-fork; a pole with which the ashes in an 
oven are stirred. 
frugiferous (frij-jif'e-rus), a. [= F. frugifere 
= Pg. It. frugifero, < L. frugifer, <frux (fnig-), 
fruits of the earth ( see frugal), + ferre = E. 
bear 1 .'] Producing fruit or grain; fruitful; 
fructiferous. [Bare.] 
And God said, behold I give you every frugiferout herb 
which is upon the face of the earth. 
Dr. H. More, Conjectura Cabbalistica, i. 29. 
Frugivora (frij-jiv'o-rS), n. pi. [NL., < L. 
frujc (frug-), fruits, + vorare, devour.] A di- 
vision of the order Chiroptera, including the 
fruit-eating bats of the warmer parts of the 
old world, such as the so-called "flying-foxes." 
The head resembles that of a dog in shape ; there is no 
peculiar formation of the ears or nose ; the pyloric divi- 
sion of the stomach is enormously lengthened ; and there 
are dental characters correspondent to the frugivorous 
regimen of the species. There is in nearly all the specie! 
a claw upon the second digit of the hand, never present 
in the insectivorous bats. See cuts under jtying-fox,fruit- 
bat, and Pteropus. The Frugivora are also called Mega- 
chiroptera. The term is contrasted with Insecticora or 
Aniitiatioora. 
frugivorous (frp-jiv'o-rus), a. [= F. frugivore 
= Pg. It. frugivuro, < L. frux (frug-), fruits, + 
vorare, devour.] 1. Feeding on fruits, espe- 
cially soft fruits, as many mammals, birds, 
etc., those which feed on small hard fruits, as 
seeds and grain, being distinguished usually as 
granivorous. 
The anatomy of the human stomach . . . and the for- 
mation of the teeth clearly place man in the class of fru- 
givoroiig animals. Peacock, Headlong Hall, ii. 
2. Specifically, in mammal., pertaining to the 
Frugivora. 
fruit (frot), . [< ME. fruit, frute, frut, some- 
times fruit, froyt, fryt.'< OF. fruit. F. fruit = 
Pr. frut, friig = Sp. Pg. fruto = It. frutto = 
OS. fruht = OFries. frttcht = D. rnicht (and 
fruit, < F.) = MLG. vn/eht = OHG.frulit, MHG. 
vruht, Gt. frucht = Icel. fritktr = Sw. frukt = 
Dan. frugt, < L. fructia (fructu-), an enjoying, 
enjoyment, usually in concrete sense, proceeds, 
product, produce, fruit, income, etc., < frut 
(orig.*/Viw/i>0 (ef. frux (frug-), fruit), pp./ruc- 
tus (fructu-), also fruitus, enjoy, use, = AS. bru- 
can, use, E. brook*, endure: see broofc 2 . Hence 
also, from L. frui, E. fructify, fructuous, frugal, 
frument, frumenty, etc.] 1. In a general sense, 
any product of vegetable growth useful to men 
or animals, as grapes, figs, corn, cotton, flax, 
and all cultivated plants. [In this comprehen- 
sive sense the word is generally used in the 
plural.] 
Frut and corn ther faylede. Rob. o.f Gloucester, p. 378. 
Six years thou shall sow thy land, and shall gather in 
the fruits thereof. Ex. xxiii. 10. 
That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use 
the kindly [natural] fruits of the earth, so that in due 
time we may enjoy them. 
00* of Common Prayer, Litany. 
2. In a more limited sense, the reproductive 
product of a tree or other plant; the seed of 
plants, or the part that contains the seeds, as 
wheat, rye, oats, apples, pears, nuts, etc. 
Wha sail here the/ricyft be-fore Criste that has noghte 
the floure? Ilampole, Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.), p. 4. 
Fruit of all kinds, in coat 
Kough, or smooth rind, or bearded husk, or shell, 
She gathers, tribute large, and on the board 
Heaps with unsparing hand. Milton, P. L., v. 341. 
2394 
Wearing his wisdom lightly, like the/rif 
Which in our winter woodland looks a flower. 
Tennij>u, A Indication. 
3. In a still more limited sense, an edible 
succulent product of a plant, normally covering 
and including the seeds, as the apple, orange, 
lemon, peach, pear, plum, a berry, a melon, etc. ; 
in a collective sense, such products in the ag- 
gregate. 
But of all maner of meate, the moost daungerous is that 
whiche is otfritites (fruitz crudz), as cheres, small cheryse 
(guingues), great cherise (gascongnes). 
Du (Suez's Introductorie, p. 1073, quoted in Babees Book 
[(E. E. T. S.), Index, p. 85. 
Or little pitted speck in garner'd fruit, 
That rotting inward slowly moulders all. 
Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien (song). 
4. In bot., the matured ovary of a plant, con- 
sisting of the seeds and their pericarp, and in- 
cluding whatever may be incorporated with it ; 
also, the spores of cryptogams and the organs 
accessory to them. The kinds of fruit are very nu- 
merous, and differ greatly in character and degree of com- 
plexity. They have also received many names, but they 
may for the most part be grouped under the following 
classes : simple fruits, which consist of a single matured 
pistil ; aggregate fruits, composed of a cluster of carpels 
belonging to the same flower, and crowded together up- 
on the common receptacle; multiple or collective fruits, 
formed by the aggregation of the pistils of several flowers 
into one mass ; and accessory or anthocarpvus fruits, in 
which the true pericarp (belonging essentially to one of 
the preceding groups) is incorporated with or inclosed by 
an enlargement of some adjacent organ or organs, which 
becomes the most conspicuous portion of the fruit. 
6. The produce of animals ; offspring; young: 
as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the 
body. 
When a shepe is with frute. hiring the thonder she 
casteth her/ru< and bringeth it ded to the worlde. 
Dabees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 221. 
The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David ; ... Of the 
fruit of thyl>ody will I set upon thy throne. Ps. cxxxii. 11. 
King Edward's/rntt, true heir to the English crown. 
S*o*.,3Hen. VI., IT. 4. 
6. A product in general; anything produced 
by or resulting from effort of any kind, or by or 
from any cause ; outcome, effect, result, or con- 
sequence: as, the fruits of victory; the fruit 
of folly. 
They shall eat the/rut'( of their doings. Isa. iii. 10. 
Mr. Vane declared the occasion of this meeting, . . . 
and the/rwi( aimed at, viz. a more firm and friendly unit- 
ing of minds. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 211. 
The final and permanent fruits of liberty are wisdom, 
moderation, and mercy. Maf.aulay, Milton. 
Brandied fruit. See brandied. Compound fruits, 
such fruits as consist of several ovaries. Forbidden 
fruit. See forbidden. Small fruits, fruits raised in 
market-gardens, such as strawberries, raspberries, and 
currants. 
fruit (frot), c. i. [< fruit, n.] To produce fruit ; 
come into bearing. 
Curiously enough, at a little distance from the sandy 
levels or alluvial flats of the sea-shore, the sea-loving co- 
coa-nut will not bring its nuts to perfection. It will grow, 
indeed, but it will not thrive at fruit in due season. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XXX. 59. 
In the latitude of Southern Pennsylvania and Virginia, 
it is rather common for this exotic [the gingko-tree] to 
fruit. Science, VI. 103. 
fruitage (fro'taj), n. [Formerly &lsofrutage; 
< OF. fruitage, '< fruit, fruit, + -age.] 1. Fruits 
collectively; fruitery. 
A sumptuous covered table, decked with all sortes of ex- 
quisite delicates and dainties, of patisserie, frutages, and 
confections. 
Quoted by Brydges, British Bibliographer, IV. 315. 
Above, beneath, around his hapless head, 
Trees of all kinds delicious fruitage spread. 
Pope, Odyssey, xii. 
Now loaded trees resign their annual store, 
And on the ground the mellow fruitage pour. 
Beattie, tr. of Virgil's Pastorals, vii. 
2. The bearing or production of fruit or re- 
sult. 
Follow such a ministry to its fruitage in one character 
ripened under Its influence. A. Phelps, Eng. Style, p. 280. 
3. A painted or sculptured representation of 
fruit ; a fruit-piece. 
There are sundry other ornaments likewise belonging 
to the freeze, such as encarpa, festoons, and frutages. 
Evelyn, Architects and Architecture. 
The cornices above consist of frutages and festoons. 
Evelyn, Diary, Nov. 17, 1644. 
fruit-alcohol (frot'al'ko-hol), n. Alcohol de- 
rived from the juice of fruit, as distinguished 
from wood-alcohol, etc. 
fruit-bat (frot'bat), n. A fruit-eating or fru- 
givorous bat of the family Pteropodidce, or sub- 
order Frugivora ; a fox-bat or flying-fox. See 
cut in next column. 
fruit-bearer (fr6t'bar*er), n. That which pro- 
duces fruit. 
Fruit-bat ( Ceflialotes peronii). 
fruitestere 
fruit-bearing 
(frot' bar "ing), a. 
Producing fruit. 
fruit-bud (friif- 
biul), .. A bud 
that contains the 
germ of fruit; a 
bud that will, un- 
der favorable cir- 
cumstances, pro- 
duce fruit. 
fruit-cake (frijf- 
kak), n. 1. A rich 
sweet cake con- 
taining fruit, as 
raisins, citron, cur- 
rants, etc. 2. In 
l>i "I. , an : i 1 1 1 ; 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 . 
The cysts [of the Endosporetx] may l>e united side by 
side in larger or smaller groups, t . . These composite 
bodies are termed frnit-ctiki'* ur a'tlialia, in view of the 
fact that the spore-cysts of Fuligo, also called JCUullom 
the well-known " flowers of tan " form a cake of this 
description. E. 11. Lanlcester, Kncyc. Brit., XIX. 841. 
fruit-car (frot'kar), TO. A railroad-car of spe- 
cial design for the carriage of fruit and other 
perishable products requiring ventilation and 
provision against the effects of undue heat or 
cold. Car-Builder's Diet. 
fruit-crow (frot'kro), n. 1. A name of sundry 
South American birds, as species of the gen- 
era Chasmorhynchus and Cephalopterus. See 
cut under arapunga. 2. pi. Specifically, the 
birds of the subfamily Gymnoderince. 
fruit-culture (frot'kul"tur), n. The systematic 
cultivation, propagation, or rearing of fruit or 
fruit-trees. 
fruit-dot(fr8t'dot), . In 6o.,the sorus of ferns. 
fruit-drier (frot'dri'er^, n. An apparatus for 
evaporating and curing fruit, berries, and 
vegetables. Tin- simplest form is a sheet-iron stove 
having a number of shelves arranged as baffle-plates or 
deflectors to cause the hot air to traverse all the spaces 
between the shelves. The larger driers are bonding! fur- 
nished with towers sometimes 40 feet high, within which 
are arranged endless chains supporting at intervals trays 
of wire netting on which the fruit is placed. A flre is 
maintained at the base of the tower, and the heated air 
rises through it, the products of combustion passing away 
through a chimney. The fresh-cut fruit is laid on the low- 
er tray next the furnace. When full it is raised by means 
of the chains, and another tray of fruit is put in. By this 
arrangement the steam from the fresh fruit rises to the 
trays above, keeping the fruit bathed in steaming vapor. 
By the time the fruit readies the top of the tower it lias 
parted with nearly all its moisture and is ready to l 
packed in dry boxes. Fruit-driers of the latter kind are 
extensively used in various parts of the United States. 
Also called evaporator. 
fruited (fro'ted), a. [< fruit + -ed.] Bearing 
fruit. 
The painted farmhouse shining through the leaves 
Of fruited orchards bending at its eaves. 
Whittier, The Panorama. 
fruitent, v. t. [< fruit + -en* (3).] To make 
fruitful. [Rare.] 
He . . . may as well ask . . . why thou usest the in- 
fluences of heaven tofruiten the earth. 
Bp. Hall, The Resurrection. 
fruiter (fro'ter), n. A vessel employed in the 
transportation of fruit. 
The arrival of a fruiter from New Orleans was cele- 
brated with bacchanalian orgies. 
U. S. Cons. Rep., No. Ixviii. (1886), p. 671. 
fruiterer (fr8'ter-er), n. [< fruit + -eri, -erf, 
the term, reduplicated as in poulterer, etc. 
Cf . F. fruitier, a fruit-producer, = Pr. fruchier, 
fruitier = Sp. frutero = Pg. fruteiro, fruiterer.] 
One who deals in fruit ; a seller of fruits. 
The very same day did I fight with one Sampson Stock- 
fish, A fruiterer, behind Gray's Inn. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iii. 2. 
fruitery (fro'ter-i), .; pi. fruiteries (-iz). 
[Formerly also "frutery, frutry ; < F. fruiterie, 
< fruit, fruit: see fruit and -ery.~\ 1. Fruit 
collectively. 
He sowde and planted in his proper grange 
(Upon som savage stock) som frutrii strange. 
Du Bartas (trans.). 
2. A fruit-loft; a repository for fruit. 3. A 
fruit-house, or hothouse for raising fruit; a 
fruit-garden or orchard. [Kare in all uses.] 
Oft, notwithstanding all thy care 
To help thy plants, when the small fruitery seems 
Exempt from ills, an oriental blast 
Disastrous flies. J. Philips, Cider, ii. 
They assented to Mr. Beckendorff's proposition of visit- 
ing his/rtn'fcri/. Disraeli, Vivian Grey, vi. 7. 
fruitesteret, [ME. ; mod. as if "fruitster, < 
fruit + -ster.~] A female seller of fruit. 
And right anon thanne comen tombesteres, 
Fetys and smale, and yonge frutesteres. 
Chaucer, Pardoner's Tale, 1. 16. 
