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A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing. Gather up the fragments that remain. John vi. 12.

Fragmentary.

In a fragmentary manner; piecemeal.

The quality or property of being in fragnebts, or broken pieces, incompleteness; want of continuity. G. Eliot.

Composed of fragments, or broken pieces; disconnected; not complete or entire. Donne.

Broken into fragments.

A writer of fragments; as, the fragmentist of Wolfenbüttel. [R.]

A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash. I. Watts.

The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume. Eve separate he spies, Veiled in a cloud of fragrance. Milton. The goblet crowned, Breathed aromatic fragrancies around. Pope.

[fragrans. -antis, p.pr. of fragrare to emit a smell of fragrance: cf. OF. fragrant. Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume. Fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers. Milton.

Same as Fraught. [Obs.] Spenser.

tity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.

Weakly; infirmly.

Frailty.

The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced. God knows our frailty, [and] pities our weakness. Locke.

Freshness; coolness. [R.] Dryden.

A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. [Obs.] Johnson.

Fortified with a fraise.

A freckle. [Obs.] A few fraknes in his face. Chaucer.

Capable of being framed.