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Webster 1913 Edition


Fraise

Fraise

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

Fraise

,
Noun.
[F.
fraise
, orig., a ruff, cf. F.
frise
frieze, E.
frieze
a coarse stuff.]
1.
(Fort.)
A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
2.
(Mech.)
A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.

Fraise

,
Verb.
T.
(Mil.)
To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.
Wilhelm.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fraise

FRAISE

, n.
1.
In fortification, a defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the retrenchments, parallel to the horizon.
2.
A pancake with bacon in it. Obs.

Definition 2024


fraise

fraise

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /fɹeɪz/

Verb

fraise (third-person singular simple present fraises, present participle fraising, simple past and past participle fraised)

  1. (transitive, archaic) to put in danger, terror, or at risk
Related terms

Etymology 2

From French fraise, fraiser.

Noun

fraise (plural fraises)

  1. (historical) A ruff worn (especially by women) in the 16th century.
  2. A type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
  3. A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.

Verb

fraise (third-person singular simple present fraises, present participle fraising, simple past and past participle fraised)

  1. (military) To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.
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Etymology 3

See froise.

Noun

fraise (plural fraises)

  1. A large thick pancake with slices of bacon in it.
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French

fraise

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁɛz/

Etymology 1

Earlier fraige, from Latin frāga, plural of frāgum.

Noun

fraise f (plural fraises)

  1. strawberry
  2. bulwark, palisade (defensive rampart of earth with sharpened wooden stakes set in at an angle)
  3. (literary) nipple
    • 1797, Marquis de Sade, Juliette, I:
      Les doigts de notre charmante supérieure chatouillaient les fraises de mon sein, et sa langue frétillait dans ma bouche.
    • 2001, Dominique Leroy, Hic et Hec, p. 53:
      un corset négligemment noué par une échelle de rubans gris de lin renfermait à demi la neige élastique de son sein, son mouchoir transparent, dérangé par les mouvements de la nuit, laissait voir une fraise vermeille [...].
  4. tool use for cut pièce in mechanical industrie
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From fraiser.

Noun

fraise f (plural fraises)

  1. calf's mesentery
  2. (historical) fraise (ruff collar)

Verb

fraise

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fraiser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of fraiser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fraiser
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fraiser
  5. second-person singular imperative of fraiser

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