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ftresms in their courfe. Thefe unite about fifty-eight 
miles from the fource of the No'.achucky, the eaftern 
branch; thence it flows nortli-wefterly about twenty-five 
miles, and joins the Holfton eleven miles abo^e Knoxville, 
and is from 400 to 500 yards wide. The navigation of 
this branch is much interrupted by rocks, as is alfo the 
Tenneflee branch, which joins the main river fifty miles 
below this. A large, clear, medicinal fpring, faid to be 
efficacious in curing many difeafes, has been lately dif- 
covered on the waters of this river, about thirty miles in 
a direift line from its mouth. The water is fo hot, that a 
patient at firft going info it can fcarcely bear it. Nearer 
the mouth of the river, a valuable. lead-mine has been 
difcovered. 
FRENCH CHALK, / An indurated clay, extremely 
denfe, of a fmooth glofly furface, foft and undbuous to the 
touch ; ofagreyifli wliiiecolour, variegated with aduiky 
green. See MiNERALOGr. 
FRENCH CREEK, a north-wefiern water of Alleg¬ 
hany riverin North America, into whicli it falls along the 
north fide of P'ort Franklin, eighty miles north by call of 
Pittfburg. It affords the nearefi: paffage to lake Erie. It 
is navigable with (mail boats to Le Beiif, by a very 
crooked channel; the portage thence to Prefque Ifle, 
from an adjoining peninfula, is fifteen miles. Tliisisthe 
ufual route from Quebec to Ohio. 
FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE, / in botany. See He- 
DYSARUM CORONARIUM. 
FRENCH-HORN,/ [a French improvement on the 
horn.] An inftrument of wind-nuific made of metal.—A 
flute, a violin, a hautboy, and a Frcnch-horn, may all 
found the fame tone, and be calily diltinguifliable. Rad's 
Inquiry. , 
FRENCH LICK, in Tenneffee, North America, is a 
large fait fpring, near which tlie town of Nafhville now 
(lands. 
FRENCH MARYGOLD,/. in bot.any. SccTagetes. 
FRENCH RIVER, a river of Upper Canada, which 
runs from lake Herou to lake Nippiffing. 
FRENCH TOWN, a town of the American States in 
Cecil county, Maryland, on the eafl; fide of Elk river, a 
mile fouth of Elkton, from which it is feparated by Elk 
Creek, fix miles below Pllk-ferry. This town was laid 
out at the expence of feveral philanthropic perfons in 
Pennfylvania, as a place of retreat for the unfortunate 
French emigrants who fled to America. 
To FRENCH'IFY, v. a, [from French.^ To infecbwith 
the manner of France : 
Has he fanfiliarly difTik’J 
Your yellow ftarch, or faid your doublet 
Was not exadlly Frenchified. Shakefpeare. 
FRENCH'MAN, /. a native of France. 
FRENCHMAN’S BAY, a town of the American 
States', on the fea-coalt of Lincoln county, Maine, and is 
formed by Mount Defert ifland on the weflwaid, and the 
peninfula of Goldfborough townfliip on the eaftward. 
Round Mount Defert ifland it has an inland circular 
communication with Blue Hill bay. 
FRENCHMAN’S BAY, a bay on the fouth coaft of 
the ifland of Jamaica, between Great Pedro bay and 
Starvegut bay. 
FRENCKE, a river of Germany, in the circle of the 
Upper Rhine, wliich runs into the Ergetz, near Lichftall, 
in the bifhopric of Bale. 
FREND'WITE, [from Sax. ppeonb, amicus, and pite, 
mul£la.'\ A mulft or fine formerly exacted of him who 
harboured his outlawed friend. Blount. 
FRENE, a town of France, in the department of the 
Upper Marne, and chief place of a canton, in tl;e diflridt 
of Bourbonne les Bains : four miles ealt-Iouth-eafl: of 
Bourbonne. 
P'RENET'IC, adj. [frenetique, Yr. tp^iyriTiy.'jc, Gr. gene¬ 
rally therefore written] Mad; diffracted: 
He himfelf impotent, 
By mean of his frenetic ni-alady. Daniel. 
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FRE 1 ;^EU'SE-LAKE, a large lake of North America, 
through which St. John’srivea'inNew-Brunfwick pafl'es. 
FREN'ICLE DE BESSY (Bernard), a celebrated 
French mathematician in the 17:!! century, the intimate 
companion of Des Cartes, Fermat, Merfenne, and of 
other learned mathematicians who were contemporaries 
with them at Paris. He particularly excelled in tlie fei- 
ence of arithmetic ; and Des Cartes frequently exprclTed 
Iiis furpiife at liis expertnefs in folving the moff difficult 
problems without the aid of algebra. He was chofen a 
member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1666, and 
died in 1675. In the fifth volume of the Ancient Me¬ 
moirs of the Academy, feveral of his pieces are inferted : 
among which are, i. A Method of refolving Problems 
by Exclufions. 2. A Treatife of rigiit-angled Triangles 
in Numbers. 3. A Short Treatife. on Combinations. 
4. Tables of Magic Squares, See. In the Commerciiim 
Epijlolicum de Qutejlionib'us quihujdam Matheviaticis, printed at 
Oxford in 1658, the reader may find feveral of his letters 
written in the Latin language. 
FRENI'GERENT, adj. [from the .freenum, abrldle, 
and to carry. ] Guiding the bridle. Cole. Not much 
ujed. 
FRENOY-le-GRAND, a town of France, in the de¬ 
partment of the Oife, and chief place of a canton, in the 
diftridt of Coinpeigne : feven miles fouth-wefl: of Com- 
peigne. 
FRENS'WEGEN, a town of Germany, in the circle 
of Weftphalia, and county of Bentheim ; three miles 
north-north-wefl: of Northern. 
FRENTA'NI, in ancient geography, a people of Italy, 
near Apulia, who received their name fiom the river 
Frento, now Fortore, which runs through the eattern part 
of their country, and falls into the Adriatic oppofite the 
illands of Diomede. Livy. 
FREN'ZY f. [<^^£>iTK, Gr. phrenitis, Lat. whence 
phrtntlify, phrenctfy, phrenzy, or frenzy. Madnefs ; dif- 
tradtion of mind '; alienation of uiiderflanding ; any violent 
pallion approaching to madnefs.—Why fuch a difpofition 
of the body induceth deep, another difturbs all the ope¬ 
rations of the foul, and occaflonsa lethargy ox frenzy: this- 
knowledge exceeds our narrow faculties. Bent. 
True fortitude is feen in great exploits. 
That juftice warrants, and that v.'ifdom guides : 
All elfe is touring/reflzy ; and diftradtiou. Addifon. 
FREN'ZY,[from the fubftantive.] Dlftradled ; 
mad. Not much ufed. 
FRE QUENCE,/ [frequence, Fr. frequentia, Lat.J 
Crowd ; concourfe ; afl'embly : 
He, in full frequence bright 
Of angels, thus to Gabriel fmiling fpake. Milton. 
FRE QUENCY, / [frequentia, Lat ] Common occur¬ 
rence; the condition of being often feen or done.—Should 
a miracle be indulged to one, others would think them- 
felves equally entitled to it ; and if indulged to many, it 
would no longer have the efFedt of a miracle : its force 
and influence would be loll by of it. Atterbury. 
Coucourfe ; full afl'embly ; 
Th.ou cam’ll ere while into thisfenate : who, 
Of fuch a Jrequency, I'o many friends 
And kindred thou halt here, fjuted thee ? Ben Johnfon. 
FRE'QUENT, adj. [frequent, Yr. frinuens, Lat.j Of¬ 
ten done^ often feen ; often occurring : 
An ancient and imperial city falls ; 
The flreets are fill’d with frequent funerals. Dryden. 
UTed often to pradlice any thing.—Every man thinks lie 
may pretend to any employment, provided he has been 
loud -awA frequent in declaring hi'.nfelf hearty for the g'o- 
veinment. Swijt. —Fall of confcourfe.— Frequent and full, 
Milton. 
To FREQUE'NT, v.a. [frequento, YoX. frequenter, Yr.~A 
Toviflt often ; to be much in any place; to refort often 
to. 
