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Disposed to fly away; flighty; unrestrained; light and free; -- used of both persons and things. -- n.

The quality or state of being fond; foolishness. [Obs.] Fondness it were for any, being free, To covet fetters, though they golden be. Spenser.

d; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon. The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed by the fore purpose of the state. Southey.

son offending. Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. Luke xxiii. 34. I as free forgive you, as I would be fforgiven. Shak.

Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out.

one . . . a precious corner stone, a sure foundation. Is. xxviii. 16. The foundation of a free common wealth. Motley.

Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty. [Obs.] Spenser.

Release; deliverance; freedom. Spenser.

Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. [R.] "It is of frank gift." Spenser.

The liberty or franchise of having a chase; free chase. Burrill.

berty of being sworn in courts, as a juror or witness; one of the ancient privileges of a freeman; free and common law; -- an obsolete expression signifying substantially the same as the American expression civil rights. Abbot.

on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms. Burrill.

An English freeholder, or substantial householder. [Obs.] Chaucer. The franklin, a small landholder of those days. Sir J. Stephen.

In a frank manner; freely. Very frankly he confessed his treasons. Shak.

A pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, -- each freeman who was a member of an ancient decennary, tithing, or friborg, in England, being a pledge for the good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the public peace; a free surety.

Free from fraud. -- Fraud"less*ly, adv. -- Fraud"less*ness, n.

f coiling a rope by running it backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run freely. -- French honeysuckle (Bot.) a plant of the genus Hedysarum (H. coronarium); -- called also garland honeysuckle. -- French horn, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a long tube twisted into circular folds and gradu…

the altar, to which offenders formerly fled for sanctuary. [Written variously fridstool, freedstool, etc.] [Obs.]

Free from fright; fearless. [Obs.]

A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce.