the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Frank
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
(2):
(n.) A pigsty.
(3):
(v. t.) To send by public conveyance free of expense.
(4):
(v. t.) To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
(5):
(a.) The privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to free of postage.
(6):
(a.) A French coin. See Franc.
(7):
(n.) The common heron; - so called from its note.
(8):
(n.) Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
(9):
(n.) Unrestrained; loose; licentious; - used in a bad sense.
(10):
(a.) A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; - a term used in the Levant.
(11):
(a.) A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.
(12):
(n.) Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.
(13):
(n.) Liberal; generous; profuse.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Frank'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/frank.html. 1828.
