1696. Nomenclator. Bachelier aux armes, nouveau ou jeune soudard. A freshwater souldier: a young souldier: a novice: one that is trayned up to serve in the field. [[73]]
Fret, To fret one’s gizzard, guts, giblets, kidneys, cream, etc., verb. phr. (common).—To get harassed and worried about trifles; to tear one’s shirt (q.v.).
Friar, subs. (printers’).—A pale spot in a printed sheet. Fr., un moine (= monk).
Frib, subs. (old).—A stick. For synonyms, see Toko.
1754. Discoveries of John Poulter, p. 43. A Jacob and frib; a ladder and stick.
Fribble, subs. (old).—A trifler; a contemptible fop. [From the character in Garrick’s Miss in her Teens (1747)].
1785. Grose, Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1860. Thackeray, Four Georges. George IV. That fribble, the leader of such men as Fox and Burke!
Friday-face, subs. (old).—A gloomy, dejected-looking man or woman. [Probably from Friday being, ecclesiastically, the banyan day of the week.] Fr., figure de carême.
1592. Greene, Groatsworth of Wit, in wks. xii., 120. The Foxe made a Friday-face, counterfeiting sorrow.