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Pertaining to, or drived from, frangulin, or a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn. Frangulinic acid (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance, resembling alizarin, and obtained by the decomposition of frangulin.

A yellow crystalline dyestuff, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn; -- called also rhamnoxanthin.

A paramour; a loose woman; also, a gay, idle fellow. [Obs.] Spenser.

To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten. [Obs.] Shak.

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

A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold. Burrill.

The liberty 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.

A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten. [Obs.] Blackstone.

A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms. Burrill.

. A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.

A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unident…

A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter.

Like, or pertaining to, the Franks.

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

. A kind of open stove introduced by Benjamin Franklin, the peculiar feature of which was that a current of heated air was directly supplied to the room from an air box; -- now applied to other varieties of open stoves.

Of or pertaining to Benjamin Franklin. Franklinic electricity, electricity produced by friction; called also statical electricity.

A kind of mineral of the spinel group.

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

The quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality.

The tithing itself. Bouvier. The servants of the crown were not, as now, bound in frankpledge for each other. Macaulay.