In old English law. The freight of a ship; freight money. Cowell. … [Read more...] about FRETTUM, FRECTUM
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FRINGE BENEFITS
Additional benefits that one receives, usually in reference to an employee's receipt from an employer. … [Read more...] about FRINGE BENEFITS
FRETUM
Lat. A strait. Fretum Britannicum. The strait between Dover and Calais. … [Read more...] about FRETUM
FRISCUS
Fresh uncultivated ground. Mon. Angl. t. 2, p. 56. Fresh; not salt. Reg. Orig. 97. Recent or new. See FRESH, and sub-titles thereunder. … [Read more...] about FRISCUS
FRIARS
An order of religious persons, of whom there were four principal branches, via.: (1) Minors, Grey Friars, or Franciscans; (2) Augustines; (3) Dominicans, or Black Friars; (4) White Friars, or Carmelites, from whom the rest descend. Wharton. … [Read more...] about FRIARS