F
A
(\3' ')
F
E
fi~,i~es
a foeiety (or the imoro.emenl o( devo·
FR t::A~I,
a MOle
~lIcn
by (... mm to plowe.1
"o~s
W"OIl Ollt 01" heMt,
ao~
laod (.lIoIV ,,11 it oceover.
¡-¡U·.DE I
Il ERG.
a tuwn
(Ir
(;"m,ny, io thlHiocle of
\Vdlph,oIo", "" y m'¡es wdl
(Ir
Ca/T,1.
110n.
Of
t1,~fe
thm aoe f"eral rorlS; as,
1.
The roater·
ni,l'
01
the
rtl"
r.
foun,kd by St Dominie : it
15
dll'l'
ded iOlo IlI'O b"nehes, call<d the commoo rtol"ary, "nd
tne perpelual rol:"y; the fOImcr of whum .re
obl:ll.d10 cunfefs aod commumcate erery lirn Suod.y in Ihe
momh, .nd thelamr 10 rcpeal the rof" y eoolinually.
Sce
[( OSAR Y.
z. Tite frmrnilY of the feapularl', ",hom the blef·
fed Vlrgio, accordtng to Ihe fabbtlio bull of pope
Jnho X.
tI.
hdS prullnfed tO deliver 001 of hell the
lir:! Suoday .r,er thw death. See SCAPULARY.
3. The frateroilY ofSt Franeis', girdle, are cloalhed
",itU a
f.ckof a grey cobur, whidl Ihey tie Wilh a
eor,l; and, io pruedlions,
",~Ik
bm·fouled, earr)'ing
io Iheir hJods a woodeo erofs.
4. That of SI Aunin's lealhero girdle, eompreheoJs
a grcat
m~ol'
I:evotees.
Il>ly, Spaio, and Portugal, are the eountrtes ",here
OOe It<5 the grcalell oumJer of thefe frateroili.s, fome
of wh:en alfume the nalile of ",eh·fmern iti" . Pope
Cknteot VI!. innitoled Ihe arch·frmroil)' of eharity,
whtcb d,Hributes bread every Suoday amollg Ihepoor,
óod gires ponioos 10 fony poor glrls 00 the f..1I of
St jerom their pat roo. 'fhe
frm~nity
of death, bu·
ries (udi deaJ .s are abaoduoed by thm rel.lIoos, "nJ
cauc., m,lfes tO be eelebrated for
th~ot.
FRATRICELLI, LITTLE BROTHERS, io ehureh hif·
tor)',
3
(ed
of hewies who appeared in ltaly abouI
the ym 1298, aod afterwards rpreadall over Europe.
They wore Ihe habi l of the Fraoeifeao order, aod pre·
leod.d th", mlcGafiies ought lO have no porre/lioos of
Ihm OIVO.
FRATRIA(;E, Ihe partitioo amongbrothers or eoheirs,
c
?rr.io~
to Ihe fame inheritaoee or lueeellion.
fRATRES
ARvALn .
See
ARVALES.
Ht ,\TRICIDE, the erime of murdering ooes brolher.
Ser
I'AU I C I~E.
rRAU D, io la\O/, r,gnir,es deceit io graolS, or coovey'
•om of hods,
6...
or io bargains aod fales of goods,
&,.
to th. J,oldge of aoother rerfoo.
rR.AXINUS, Ihe ASH, in botany, a genus of trees,
bel?ogiog to Ihe polygamia
di~cia
clafs. The ulix
of Ihe hlrmaphrodite is dinJed lOto four pans; il has
00 eoroll. ; the namioa are two; aod it has bUI one
piilil: the felnale 1m one pillil. aod ooe laoeeolaled
(eed. There are three fpeeles, only ooe of whieh,
~jz.
the exetlr,or or coouuon anl, is a oative of 8ri·
tollO.
'newood of'lhis tree is io great ufe ¡moog
fever~1
artifictrs, :ts whed .wri::hu. cart,wfighu.
cMpt.ntcrs,
turom,
6(.
alfo for
OI~kiog
plnuCh!, IwrolYs, axle·
orces, oars. balll,
&e.
1I IS faid tObe as 1.lIiog (or
building as oak, and orlen preferr.:d before it:
though the timGcr 01' Ihe truok greatly exce"s Ihat of
a¡',ugh.
FRAY, amnog fport rmen. A deer is faid to fr.y ils
head, w!:eo it rub, il
~g,illn
a free, tOcaufe tbe pills
nf the oc'N horos 10 come
"ff.
FR EDERIC/\, a towo o( Gcor?i"
111
j
orth Amm",
fiouateJ
10
W.
loog.
8
t·
~o,
N, IdI. ;
10, (,"
the
ill.orl o( St Sunoos, Ul the
~louth
o( \he ;trer Alata·
IlMh.,
fREDERICI\:S8URG, a ea11t Md palaee o( the
k io~
o( Deoowk, r,tumd io lhe inc of Zd,nd, tweoty
mol,s oorth· well ul" Copeohagen, buill upon ptfes in
themi.IJle of a I,ke.
FH oEROnSBURG, a fort upon the gold coan of Gui·
nea, oear edpe Th re:·poims, rubjd !
10
th. I)alles.
lt
lies ill
W.
luog.
2·
N.
l."
S':
FREDERICKSI IALL, a nrong towo o( Norw,y, in
the provine: o(
¡\~erhu)'s,
r,tuJICd
011
the (rontiel! o(
Swed 'O, thiny mlb north o( Frcderiekllat.
FR EDERICI\: ODE, a tOIVOo( jlloland, in the pro·
"inee 01" Reypen, litualed 00 theliule belt iD the ll,l·
tick (e,t, t·.'cllty ruiles \Vell o( OJenfee.
FREDEiUCK TAT, a tu\O/n u( SleJ"\O/iek, or (ollth
j utlanJ, fituatcd on t:le river Eydcr. ocar the Ger·
man oeean, thirty·ooe miles IVen of Sler",ick.
F_ EnL RI CK STAr, a to'Nn o( Nor",l', ill the prioei.
paln)' o( Ag.rhu)'s, fitumd 00 a bay o( the rea, cal·
led the Schaggerrae , Oear tile fro¡¡um of Sl'Iedeo :
E.
IJn~.
11 °
~4',
N. lat.
59°.
fREE,
10
a geoeral feofe, is ufeJio oppofition 10 ",hal·
e,er is conllnuoed or neeellitateJ. \Vhen applied to
things eodowed ",ilh undernandiog, il more peeuliarl)'
relates to the hberty of the will.
FH& HOLO, r,goifies l.oJs Or leoemeots whieh a perfoo
holds in fee.limple, fee· tail, or (or termo( Ilfe.
FKE
G-S
TON E,
aIVhili.fhnooe, dug op io maoy part3 o( Eri·
tain, thtl ",orks like alabaner, bUI is more hard .nd
durable; being o( exeelleol ure io buildiog,
&~,
It
is
a killd of the grit nooe, but fioerfaoded, and
J
rmoolh·
er nooe; and is ealled free, (rom in beiog of fu h a
eonnitutioo as tO eUI freely io any
direej~n.
FREE·THINKER. See DEIIT .
F[(EEDO~l,
io geoeral, the nate or quality o( bcing
free.
f REE OOM
.¡
¡he 'Will,
th¡t power or faenlly' of the
mtod, ",hmby it is eapable of aéling or ooi élioZ,
ehur,og or rejeéling
~
IImver it judges rroper. Of
tI,IS ercry man mul! bt f.ofible, who linds io himfelf a
powcrtObegio or forbear, eootiollc or cnJ
f~fCI .t1
ac·
tioos, bmly by a thoughl or pdereoee of
t~e
miod.
f[( EEZE, or FROEt! , in eommme, a eo.ríe Iliod of
IVoollcn nurr, or c10Ih, for ","ner wear; fo e,IIed, as
b.iog freeud or n.ped 00 each r,tie.
mEEZING, io philolophy, the [,uue ",ith eoagel,tioo.
See CONCELATIOH aod FROST.
Pluloraphers are by no meaos agreed as to Ihecaure
of lhis pha·oomeooo. The Carter" ns .ceOUOt for it by
the reetf, or
~oiog
ont of the ethertal matler from the
pow of lhe water. The corpufenl
"i.ns,00 Ihe othcr
I,.od, amibute
tt
10
the
in~rers
nf fl i¡lonfie pmicks,
.s they
~all
thclH ; aoJ lIobbes a/TrI ts, Ihal tllele par·
ud!.!