Defn: A dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small animals cut into pieces, and stewed in a gravy.
FRICASSEE
Fric"as*see`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fricassed; p. pr. &. vb. n.
Fricasseeing.]
Defn: To dress like a fricassee.
FRICATION
Fri*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. fricatio, fr. fricare, fricatum, to rub. ]
Defn: Friction. [Obs.] Bacon.
FRICATIVE
Fric"a*tive, a. Etym: [See Frication.] (Phon.)
Defn: Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; — said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc. — n.
Defn: A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to
Pronunciation, §§ 197-206, etc.
FRICATRICE
Fric"a*trice, n. Etym: [Cf. L. frictrix, fr. fricare to rub.]
Defn: A lewd woman; a harlot. [Obs.] B. Jonson.