Fresh, said of a person slightly intoxicated.
Freshman, a University man during his first year. The official appellation for the students until they have passed the Previous or First Cambridge Examination, otherwise called the [Smalls] or [Little Go], is Junior Sophs or Sophisters. After this they are Senior Sophs until their last term, when they are Questionists, or preparing “ad respondendum quæstioni.” At Oxford the title FRESHMAN lasts for the first term.
Friday-face, a gloomy-looking man. Most likely from Friday being a day of meagre fare among Catholics and High Church Protestants.
Frisk, to search; FRISKED, searched by a constable or other officer.
Frisk a cly, to empty a pocket.
Frog, a policeman. Because, by a popular delusion, he is supposed to pounce suddenly on delinquents.
Frog’s march, the manner in which four or more policemen carry a drunken or turbulent man to the station-house. The victim is held face downwards, one constable being at each shoulder, while the others hold on above the knees. Often there is another active and intelligent officer who beats time to the march on the recalcitrant hero’s posteriors.
Frontispiece, the face.
Frow, a girl, or wife. German, FRAU; Dutch, VROUW.