S2 FRO 
Any empty or fenfelefs (how of wit or eloquence. Any 
thing not hard, folid, or fubftantial : 
Who eateth his veal, pig, and lamb, hting froth. 
Shall twice in a week go to bed without brdth. Tujfcr, 
To FROTH, v.n. To foam ; to throw out fpume ; to 
generate fpume.—Excefs muddies the befl: wit, and only 
makes it flutter froth high. Grew. 
He frets within, froths treafon at his mouth, 
And churns it through his teeth. Dryden, 
FROTHI'LY, adv. With foam; with fpume. In an 
empty trifling manner. 
FROTH'INESS, yi The ftate of being frothy, light- 
nefs, want of folidity. 
FROTH'SPIT, f. The froth which isfrequently found 
on plants in the fpringwith a little infeftinit. Afh. 
FROTH'Y, adj. Full of foam, froth, orTpume.—The 
fap of trees is of differing natures ; fome watery and clear, 
as vines, beeches, pears : fome thick, as apples ; fome 
gummy, as cherries j and fome frothy, as elms. Bacon. 
Behold a frothy fubftance rife ; 
Becautiou.s, or your bottle flies. Swift. 
Soft; not folid ; w'afting.—Their bodies are fo folid and 
hard as you need not fear that bathing fhould make them 
frothy. Bacon. —Vain; empty; trifling.—What’s a vo¬ 
luptuous dinner, and the frothy vanity of difcourfe that 
commonly attends thefe pompous entertainments ? What 
is it but a mortification to a man of fenfe and virtue f 
V Eflrange. 
FROU'ARD, a town of France, in the department of 
the Meurte, and chief place of a canton, in the diflrieil: of 
Nancy, fituated on the Mofelle : one league and three 
quarters north-north-wefl of Nancy, and three and a half 
north-eaft of Toul. 
FROU'LAY-TESSE', a town of Fr.tnce, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Orne ; feven miles fouth-eaft of Domfront. 
FROUNCE, yi A word ufed by falconers for a diflem- 
per, in which white fpittle gathers about the hawk’s 
bill. Skinner. 
To FROUNCE, v. a. To frizzle or curl the hair about 
the face. This word was at firft probably ufed in con¬ 
tempt.—Some warlike fign mud: be ufed ; either a flo- 
venly bufkin, or an o'/txdiungfrounced head. Afcham. 
Some frounce their curled hair in courtly guife. 
Some prank their ruffs, and others timely dight 
Their gay attire. Fairy Queen. 
FROUQUI'E, a fmall ifland in the Englifli channel ; 
about one mile from the weft coaft of the ifland of Jerfey. 
FROU'ZY, adj. Foetid; mufty. A cant word. —Petti¬ 
coats inyfctizjheaps. Swift. —Dim ; cldudy : 
when firft Diana 1 eaves her bed. 
Vapours and (teams her looks difgrace ; 
A frouzy dirty-coloured red 
Sits on her cloudy wrinkled face. Swift. 
FROW, yi [from the Germanyi'/try.] A Dutch or Ger¬ 
man woman. A low word. 
FRO'WARD, adj. [pjrampeajib, Sax.] Peevifti; ungo¬ 
vernable ; angry ; perverfe ; the contrary to toward .— 
Whofe ways are crooked, and tliey froward in their paths. 
Prov. ii. 15.—’Tis with froward men, and froward factions 
too, as ’tis with froward cW\\drcn they’ll be fooner qui. 
eted by fear than by any fenfe of duty. L'EJlrange, 
She’s not froward, but modeft as the dove : 
She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. Shakefpeare. 
FRO'WARDLY, adj. Peevifhly ; perverfely.—I hid 
me and was wroth, and he vttntfcowardly in the way of 
bis heart. Ifaiak, Ivii. 17. 
PROWARDNESS, f. Peeviftinefs; perverfenefs.— 
Wo'N md.uy frowardnefes oi ours does he fmother ? how 
many indignities does he pafs by ? how many affronts does 
iieput up at our hands 1 South.. 
FRO 
We’ll mutually forget 
The warmth of youth, and frowardaefs of age. Addifon, 
FROWDE (Philip), a minor Englifti poet, whofe fa¬ 
ther was poft-mafter in the reign of queen Anne. He 
was fent to the univerfity of Oxford, where he had the 
honour of being diftinguilhed by Addifon, who took him 
under his protection. While he remained there, he be¬ 
came the author of feveral pieces of poetry, fome of 
whicli in Latin were elegant enough to intitle them to a 
place in the Mufa Anglicana. He likewife wrote two tra¬ 
gedies : The Fall of Saguntum, dedicated to fir Robert 
Walpole; and Philotas, addreffed to the earl of Chefter- 
field. He died in Cecil-ftreet in the Strand, in 1738. His 
biographer concludes with the following eulogium : 
“ Though the elegance of Mr. Frowde’s writings has re¬ 
commended him to general efteem, the politenefs of his 
genius is the lead amiable part of his character ; he con- 
fidered the talents of wit and learning only as they were 
conducive to the excitement and practice of honour and 
humanity. With a foul cheerful, benevolent, and virtu¬ 
ous, he was in converfation delightful, in friendfliip fin- 
cere, in death religioufly refigned.” 
FROW'ER,yi [among woodmen.] A cleaving tool : 
A frowoer of iron for cleaving of lath, 
V/ith roll for a fawpir, good hulbandry hath. Tujfer. 
FROW'EY, adj. With carpenters, having the grain 
even, void of knots. 
To FROWN, v.a. [frogner, old French, to wrinkle. 
Skinner.^ To exprefs difpleafure by contracting the face 
to wrinkles; to look (tern.—Heroes in animated marble 
frown. Pope. 
Say, that (he frowns ; I’ll fay, (lie looks as clear 
As morning rcfes newly walh’d with dew. Shakefpeare. 
The wood, 
Whofe (hady horrors on a rifing brow 
Wav’d high, and frown'd upon the ftream below. Pope. 
FROWN, f. A wrinkled look ; a look of difpleafure. 
—Patiently endure that frown of fortune, and by fome 
notable exploit win again her favour. Knolles. 
In his half-clos’d eyes 
Stern vengeance yet and hoftile terror (land ; 
His front yet threatens, and his_/rotw»5 command. Prior. 
FROW'SACK, the channel or gut of Canfo, a ftrait 
between Nova-Scotia and CapeBreton, five French leagues 
long, and one broad. 
FROWN'INGLY, adv. Sternly; with a look of dif¬ 
pleafure ; 
What, look’d he frowningly ? 
A countenance more in forrovv than in anger. Shakefpeare. 
FROW'Y, adj. Mufty; mofty. This word is now 
not ufed ; but inftead of it frouzy : 
But if they with thy gotes ftiould yede. 
They foon might be corrupted ; 
~ Or like not of the frowy fede. 
Or with the weeds be glutted. Spenfer. 
FRO'YEN, an ifland in the North Sea, near the coaft 
of Norway, about thirty-five miles, in circuraference.. 
Lat. 63. 45. N.’ Ion. 9. E. Greenwich. 
FRO'ZEN, {.part. pajf. of freeze.^ Congealed- witll 
cold : 
What was the wafte of war, what fierce alarms 
Shook Afia’s crown with European arras f 
Ev’nfuch have heard, if any fuch there be. 
Whole earth is bounded by the frozen L'eti, Dryden. 
Chill in affeClion: 
Be not ever frozen, coy. 
One beam of love will foon deftroy 
And pelt that ice to flloods of joy,. Carezih, 
