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The language of the Frisians, a Teutonic people formerly occupying a large part of the coast of Holland and Northwestern Germany. The modern dialects of Friesic are spoken chiefly in the province of Friesland, and on some of the islands near the coast of Germany and Denmark.

plants, as the cowpea. Frijoles are an important article of diet among Spanish- American peoples, being used as an ingredient of many dishes.

character. [R.] It was of those moments of intense feeling when the frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow wreath. Sir W. Scott. Black frost, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and cause it to turn black, without the formation of hoarfrost. -- Frost bearer (Physics), a philosophical instrument illustratin…

A largess of grain bestowed upon the people, to quiet them when uneasy.

y of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people. Had the throne been full, their meeting would not have been regular. Blackstone.

especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. The most garrulous people on earth. De Quincey.

ty and her chivalry. Byron. When he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together. Matt. ii. 4.

The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See Ethiopic.

The public; the people; the vulgar. [Obs.] Shak. In general, in the main; for the most part.

A native or inhabitant of Geneva; collectively, the inhabitants of Geneva; people of Geneva.

A native or inhabitant of Genoa; collectively, the people of Genoa.

ging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people.

Peculiar to a people; national. Sir T. Browne.

A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc.

People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry. Macaulay.

on of the earth, including its structure, fetures, products, political divisions, and the people by whom it is inhabited.

A native or one of the people of Germany.

That part of medicine which treats of regimen for old people.

e ghost full softly. Chaucer. Jacob . . . yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. Gen. xlix. 33.

A musical instrument, of unknown character, supposed by some to have been used by the people of Gath, and thence obtained by David. It is mentioned in the title of Psalms viii., lxxxi., and lxxxiv. Dr. W. Smith.