Fraze. See Vessel.
Freak, subs. (American showmen’s). A living curiosity: as the Siamese Twins, the Two-headed Nightingale. [Short for ‘freak of nature.’]
Free, adj. (Oxford University).—Impudent; self-possessed.
1864. Tennyson, Northern Farmer, (Old Style), line 25.—But parson a coomes an’ a goos, an’ a says it eäsy an’ freeä.
Verb. (old).—To steal; cf., annex and convey. For synonyms, see Prig. [[67]]
1857. Snowden, Magistrates’ Assistant, 3rd ed., p. 444. To steal a muff. To free a cat.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, or Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
1882. McCabe, New York, ch. xxxiv., p. 509. (Given in list of slang terms.)
Free-fucking, subs. (venery).—General lewdness. Also the favour gratis. Also fidelity to the other sex at large.
Free of Fumbler’s Hall, adv. phr. (venery).—Impotent; unable to do ‘the trick.’ [Fumbler’s Hall = female pudendum.]