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To set free. [Obs.] Shak.

To freeze; to congeal. [Obs.] Thou hast enfrozened her disdainful breast. Spenser.

A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entrée of a house.

An evergreen plant.

Washington; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of evergreen trees.

Free from the power of love. "In maiden meditation, fancy- free." Shak.

A plant (trigonella Foenum Græcum) cultivated for its strong- smelling seeds, which are "now only used for giving false importance to horse medicine and damaged hay." J. Smith (Pop. Names of Plants, 1881).

Relating to, composed of, or resembling, work in filigree; as, a filigree basket. Hence: Fanciful; unsubstantial; merely decorative. You ask for reality, not fiction and filigree work. J. C. Shairp.

Adorned with filigree. Tatler.

. See Fir.

That which has the power, or not the power, to operate, is that alone which is or is not free. Locke.

In the fullest sense, the conversion of bullion (of any specified metal) into legal-tender coins for any person who chooses to bring it to the mint; in a modified sense, such coinage when done at a fixed charge proportionate to the cost of the operation.

The free coinage of silver; often, specif., the free coinage of silver at a fixed ratio with gold, as at the ratio of 16 to 1, which ratio for some time represented nearly or exactly the ratio of the market values of gold and silver respectively.

A will free from improper coercion or restraint. To come thus was I not constrained, but did On my free will. Shak.

To make free. [R.]

Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments; as, free-hand drawing. See under Drawing.

Open-handed; liberal.

Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth. -- Free"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Free"-heart`ed*ness, n.

One who gratifies his appetites without stint; one given to indulgence in eating and drinking.

Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites.