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and truth. Efifuf.v .<).—Tiie off’^.pnng of 
the -wonib the yotitig' of any anintal : 
Can’ft thoii their reck’nings keep ? the time compute, 
When tlieir fwol’n beil'ies fhall enlarge,the fruit, Sandys. 
Advantage gained by any enterprife cr condudl.—What 
3S become of all the king of Sweden’s vidhories? Where 
are th.e/a/f/j-of them at this day ? Or of what benefit will 
tl\ey be to pofterity ? Suii/(. —The eftcdb or confequence 
any affion.—They fliall eat of xht fruit of their own 
W'av. Prrv. 
By 4 Geo. 11 , c. 32. to fleal fruit growing againfl: walls, 
or to rob orchards or gardens of fruit growing tlierein, 
way be puniihed by fine, whipping, &c. and by i Geo. I. 
C.48. fine and impriibnmenr ntay be infiicled on perfons 
dellroving fruit-trees. See Larceny. 
FRUiT-'l IME, yi The aiiturnn i the time for gather¬ 
ing fruit. 
FRUIT-TREE, f A tree of that kind whofe principal 
raluearifes from the fruit produced by it. For the va¬ 
rious kinds, management, and cultivation, fee the article 
Horticulture. 
Lady, by yonder blefTcd moon I vow. 
That tips w ith filver all thcfe fruit-tree tooi. Skakefpeare. 
All with a border of rich fruit-trees crown’d, 
Whofe loaded branches hide the lofty mound. Waller. 
FRUIT'AGE, y. fruitage, Fr.] Fruit collcdlively ; 
various fruits.—What is more ordinary with them than 
the taking in flowers and fruilagc lor the garnifhing of their 
work ? More. 
In heav’ii the trees 
Of life ambroriaiy;-A2r«^e bear, and vines 
Yield nectar. Milton. 
FRUIT'BEARER, f. Tliat which produces fruit.— 
5^rees, efpecially fruitbearers, are often infected with the 
rneafles. Mortimer. 
FRUIT'BE ARING, adj. Flaving the quality of pro- 
ducing fruit.—By this way graft trees of different kinds 
one on another, as fruilbearing trees on thofe that bear 
not. Mortmer. 
FRUIT'ERER,/. [yrazV?Vr,F'r.] One who trades in friiit: 
Walnuts the fruit'rePs hand in autumn ftain ; 
Blue plumbs and juicy pears augment his gain. Gay. 
FRUIT'ERY, f. 'ifruiterie, Fr.] Fruit colledtively 
taken : 
Oft, notwithftanding all thy care ■ 
To help thy plants, on the fmall fruitery 
Fixempt from ills, an oriental blaft; 
Difaftrous flies. Philips. 
A fruit-loft; a repofitory for fruit. 
FRUIT'FUL, adj. Fertile ; abundantly produdlivc ; 
liberal of vegetable produfl.—If he continued cruel, he 
could rro more fuftain his life than the earth remain fruit¬ 
ful in the fun’s continual ablence. Sidney. —Adtually bear¬ 
ing fruit: 
Adonis’ gardens, 
That one day bloom’d, and fruitful were the next. Shakef. 
Prolific; childbearing; not barren.—I have copied na¬ 
ture, making the youths amorous and the damfels fruitful. 
Gay. 
Male he created thee, but thy confort 
Female for race ; then blefs’d mankind, and faid, 
'&e fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth; 
Subdue it, and throughout dominion hold. Milton, 
Plenteous ; abounding in any tiling ; 
While you, my lord, the rural fliades admire, 
And from Britannia’s public ports retire, 
Me into foreign realms my fate conveys. 
Through nations fruitful of immortal lays. Addifon. 
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FRUITFULLY, adv. In fuch a manner as to be pro¬ 
lific: ^ 
How facred feeds of fea, and air, and earth, 
And purer fire through univerfal night, 
And empty fpace &\d fruitfully unite. Rofeommon. 
Plenteoudy ; abundantly.—You have many opportuni. 
ties to cut hini ort'.- if your will want not, time and place 
will he fruitfully o?iered.. Sha'ifpeare. 
FRUIT'i'ULNP.SS,y. Fertility ; fecundity ; plentiful 
produaiun.—Neither can w e aferibe the fame fruitfulnefs 
to any part of the earth, nor the fame virtue to any plant 
thereon growing, that they had before the flood. Ra¬ 
leigh. —The quality of being prolific, or bearing many 
children : 
Thegoddefs, prefent at the match (he made. 
So blefs’d, the bed, fuch fruitfulnefs convey’d, 
That ere ten moons had fliarpen’d either horn, 
To crown their blifs, a lovely boy was born. Dryden. 
Exuberant abundance.—The remedy of fruitfulnefs is eafy, 
but no hibour will help the contrary. Ben Johnjon. * 
FRUIT'GROVES, y. Shades, or dole plantations of 
fruit trees: 
The faithful flave. 
Whom to my nuptial train Icarius gave. 
To tend the fruitgroves. Pope. 
FRUI'TION, /. 'ifruor, Lat.] Enjoyment ; poflef- 
fion ; pleafure given by pofleflion or life.—Man doth not 
feem to reft fatisfied either with fruition of that wherewith 
his life is preferved, or with performance of fuch adions 
as advance him moft defervedly in eftimation. Hooker. 
God riches andpenown to men imparts, 
Ev’n all they wirti ; and yet their narrow hearts 
Cannot fo great a fluency receive, 
But their fruition to a ftranger leave. Sandys. 
FRUIT'IVE, adj. Enjoying; poflefling ; having tlie 
power of enjoyment. A word not legitimate.—To whet 
our longings for/'razime or experimental knowledge, it is 
referved among the prerogatives of being in heaven, to 
know how happy we (hall be, when there. Boyle. 
FRUIT'LESS, adj. Barren of fruit; not bearino^ of 
fruit.—The Spaniards of Mexico, for the firft forty years, 
could not make our kind of wheat bear feed ; but it grew 
up as high as the trees, and was fruitlefs. Raleigh. —Vain ; 
produdive of no advantage; idle; unprofitable.-^_The 
other is for entirely waving all fearches into antiquity, in 
relation to this controverfy, as being either needlels or 
j'ruitlefs. Waterland. * 
O! let me not, quoth he, return again 
Back to the world, whofe joys fo fruitlefs &Ye t 
But let me here foray in peace-remain, 
Or ftraightway on that laft long voyage fare. Spenfer. 
Having no offspring : 
Upon my head they plac’d a fruitlefs crown, 
And put a barren feeptre in my gripe ; 
No fon of mine fucceedirfg. Shakefpeare, 
FRUIT'LESSLY, adv. Vainly; idly; unprofitably. 
—After this fruit curwhtyJ'ruitlefsly enquireth, and confi. 
dence blindly determineth. Brown. 
Walking they talk’d, and fruitlefsly divin’d 
What friend the prieftefs by thofe words defign’d. Dryd. 
FRUMENTA'CIOUS, adj, ^frumentum^ Lat.] Made 
of grain. 
FRUMENTA'RII, f. a kind of foldiers or archers un¬ 
der the weftern empire. They firft occur in the reign of 
Adrian, who made ufe of them to inform himfelf of what¬ 
ever parted. They were not a particular corps, but a 
certain number of them was incorporated in each Roman 
legion. It is fuppofed, that they were at firft a number of 
young perfons, difpofed by Auguftus throughout the 
provinces, to acquaint the emperor with every thing that 
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