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To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize. Burke.

A French mode or characteristic; an idiom peculiar to the French language. Earle.

A native or one of the people of France.

Distracted; mad; frantic; phrenetic. Milton.

Frenetic; frantic; frenzied. -- Frenet"ic*al*ly, adv.

A cheek stripe of color.

Frantic. [Obs.] Orrery.

Affected with frenzy; frantic; maddened. -- Fren"zied-ly, adv. The people frenzied by centuries of oppression. Buckle. Up starting with a frenzied look. Sir W Scott.

t and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage. All else is towering frenzy and distraction. Addison. The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling. Shak.

To gangrene. [Obs.]

To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.

Tending to mortification or gangrene.

Affected by, or produced by, gangrene; of the nature of gangrene.

Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament.

Bearing; carrying. [Obs.] Bailey.

ther explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies. Hand grenade. (a) A small grenade of iron or glass, usually about two and a half inches in diameter, to be thrown from the hand into the head of a sap, trenches, covered way, or upon besiegers mounting a breach. (b) A portable fire exti…

Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Gren…

al American wood, much used for making flutes and other wind instruments; -- called also Grenada cocos, or cocus, and red ebony.

A thin gauzelike fabric of silk or wool, for women's wear.

Same as Grenade.