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; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper. -- For*giv"ing*ly, adv. -- For*giv"ing*ness, n. J. C. Shairp.

the misfortune of an ill judgment; but he can not be latter without both that and an ill temper. Pope.

Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame.

A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north temperate zone, and including the true ash trees.

Mad; frantic. [R.] They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head. Bunyan.

Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret. Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret. Pope.

Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper. -- Fret"ful-ly, adv. -- Fret"ful-ness, n.

Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate.

The forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming; as, a bold front; a hardened front. With smiling fronts encountering. Shak. The inhabitants showed a bold front. Macaulay.

The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather. The third bay comes a frost, a killing frost. Shak.

advantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance. The fruit of rashness. Shak. What I obtained was the fruit of no bargain. Burke. They shall eat the fruit of their doings. Is. iii 10. The fruits of this education became visible. Macaulay.

Cross-tempered; scornful. [Obs.]

e; inordinate flattery. To smother him with fumes and eulogies. Burton. In a fume, in ill temper, esp. from impatience.

ual to the mechanical equivalent of the thermal unit divided by the number expressing the temperature in degrees of the air thermometer, reckoned from its zero of expansion. -- Circular functions. See Inverse trigonometrical functions (below). -- Continuous function, a quantity that has no interruption in the continu…

To be blended, as if melted together. Fusing point, the degree of temperature at which a substance melts; the point of fusion.

cially an alloy of five parts of bismuth, three of lead, and two of tin, which melts at a temperature below that of boiling water. Ure. -- Fusible plug (Steam Boiler), a piece of easily fusible alloy, placed in one of the sheets and intended to melt and blow off the steam in case of low water.

oid fish of the genus Lepidosteus, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America.

A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite. Youatt.

A distemper in geese, affecting the head.