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Pronunciation : Frank
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. franc.]
Definition : Defn: A pigsty. [Obs.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Frank
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten. [Obs.] Shak.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Frank
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The common heron; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]

(Zo?l.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Frank
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [F. franc free, frank, L. Francus a Frank, fr. OHG. Franko the name of a Germanic people on the Rhine, who afterward founded the French monarchy; cf. AS. franca javelin, Icel. frakka. Cf. Franc, French, a., Franchise, n.]
Definition : 1. Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. [R.] "It is of frank gift." Spenser.

2. Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.

3. Liberal; generous; profuse. [Obs.] Frank of civilities that cost them nothing. L'Estrange.

4. Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense. Spenser.

Syn. -- Ingenuous; candid; artless; plain; open; unreserved; undisguised; sincere. See Candid, Ingenuous.

[Compar Franker; superl. Frankest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Frank
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To send by public conveyance free of expense. Dickens.

2. To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.

t. [imp. & p. p. Franked; p. pr. & vb. n. Franking.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Frank
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Frank, a.]
Definition : Defn: The privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to free of postage. I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again. Cowper.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Frank
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. franc. See Frank, a.]
Definition : 1. (Ethnol.)

Defn: A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.

2. A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.

3. A French coin. See Franc.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913