Defn: To separate into different portions or fractions, as in the distillation of liquids.
FRACTIOUS Frac"tious, a. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. frack forward, eager, E. freak, fridge; or Prov. E. fratch to squabble, quarrel.]
Defn: Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.
Syn.
— Snappish; peevish; waspish; cross; irritable; perverse; pettish.
— Frac"tious*ly, v.
— Frac"tious*ness, n.
FRACTURAL
Frac"tur*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or consequent on, a fracture. [R.]
FRACTURE Frac"ture, n. Etym: [L. fractura, fr. frangere, fractum, to break: cf. F. fracture. See Fraction.]
1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
2. (Surg.)
Defn: The breaking of a bone.