FRANK

A pigsty. [Obs.]

To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten. [Obs.] Shak.

The common heron; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]

Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. [R.] "It is of frank gift." Spenser.

Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.

Liberal; generous; profuse. [Obs.] Frank of civilities that cost them nothing. L'Estrange.

Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense. Spenser.

To send by public conveyance free of expense. Dickens.

To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.

The privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to free of postage. I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again. Cowper.

A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.

A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.

A French coin. See Franc.