Fraischeur: f. Coolenesse; freshnesse; newneße; lustinesse.
Fraise: f. A strawberrie; also, a ruffe; also, a calues chaldern.
Fraisé: m. ée: f. (Looke Frezé;) pain fraisé. A Panadoe of the crummes of stale Manchet, steeped some while in two or three changes of water, and then boiled in a pipkin with butter, or in chickin or capon broth, & often stirred with a spoone vntill it be readie.
Fraisier: m. A strawberrie-plant; or, the hearb that beareth strawberries.
Fraislé: m. ée: f. Broken, burst (into many small peeces.)
Fraisle: com. as Fraile; Fraile. Fraisler. To breake, to burst (into many small peeces.)
Fraislure: f. Brittlenesse, frailtie.
Fraislusement. Brittlely, weakely; of a fraile strength; in a fraile manner.
Fraisne: m. An Ash tree.
Fraiz: m. Costs, expences, charges. Peindre à fraiz. To paint with water-colours on a greene, or new-mortered, wall.
Fraiz: m. Fraische: f. Looke Frais; or, Frez. Fraize: f. as Fraise. Fraizé. febves fraizées. Pilled, or shaled, beanes.
Fralaté: m. ée: f. Racked, or drawne off the Lees; also, powred out of one veßell into another, as wine.
Fralatement: m. A racking of wine; a drawing it off the lees; or shifting it out of one vessell into another.
Fralater. To racke wine, to draw it off the lees; to shift, or powre it out of one vessell into another.
Framboise: f. A Raspis, hindberrie, framboiseberrie; also, a pleasing smell or sauor in wine, or fruites; and hence; Ce vin sent sa framboise. This wine smells delicately.
Framboisier: m. A Raspis bush; the plant, or shrub, that beareth Raspises.
Franc: m. A franke, or stie to feed, and fatten hogs in.
Franc. A peece of money worth, in old time, but one Sol Tournois; now it goes for twentie; which amount vnto ij. s. sterl. Franc Bourdelois. Is but 15. Solz Tourn. 18. d. sterl. Franc à cheval. An old peece of gold worth betweene vj. and vij. s. now it goes, as th' ordinarie Franc, but for ij. s. sterl. Franc à pied. Another worth about foure, or fiue shillings sterling.
Franc: m. Franche: f. Franke, free; at libertie; subiect vnto no man; exempt from subsidies, dueties, or seruices; also, franke, liberall, bountifull; courteous, gracious; also, valiant, hardie, forward, bold, couragious; also, plaine, round, open-hearted; sincere, honest; without any fault, or ill qualitie; also, tame, naturall, kindlie, seasonable, well tempered, of the right stampe.
Franc aleu. Free tenure; or, a free tenant; Seeke Alleud.
Franc archer. One trained bow-man in euerie Parish, well armed, and readie vpon summons, and at a rate certaine, to march; in regard whereof he is exempted from all taxes, and subsidies.
Franc argent. as Francs deniers.
Francs Bourgeois. Free Burgesses; which pay no yerelie fines for their freedome, nor so many amerciaments of Courts as others; although they yeeld some other contributions, and seruices, vnto their Lords.
Francs deniers en vente de fief, &c. A sellers freeing, or discharging of the purchaser from those fines which he were otherwise to pay, at his entrie, vnto the Landlord.
Francs devoirs. Looke Debvoir. Franc fief. A free, or affranchising, fief; as all Fiefs be (and therefore one sayes, that Franc is a generall, and perpetuall Epithite vnto a Fief;) whereof, at first, none were capable but les Francs (a people of the Germane Franconia) who conquered Gallia; nor ought any to hold them at this day, but such as are noble, free-*borne, and exempted from subsidies; yet if a villeine get one of them it makes him a free-man, though not a Gentleman; but he cannot hold it without his Lords[? F1]
permission, and a licence from the King; and hence; Droict de francs fiefs. The fine thats due vnto the King vpon the purchase of a fief by a Burguer (of an vnpriuiledged towne; for Paris, and some others are priuiledged) Roturier, Villeine, or other ignoble person: (this was certaine, viz: six yeres value if the land were held of the King, and three yeares, if of another Lord; but now it is whatsoeuer th' Officers of th' Exchequer will set downe;) also, the power of enabling them to purchase fiefs; a point of Soueraigntie peculiar to the King. Imposition de francs fiefs. The same (in the first part.) Franc homme. A vassall, or tenant that owes fealtie. Franche salaison. as Franc-salé. Francs Taulpins. Trained men; souldiers leuied in villages, or made of husbandmen. Franche verité. An inquirie of disorders committed within a Jurisdiction, or Mannor (by especiall order, & authoritie from the Lo. thereof) before any actuall complaint, or apprehension of offenders be made; a priuie Sessions. Cave franche. A fat well seasoned, or fit to receiue new wine. Pierre franche. The (soft white) free stone. Repeuë franche. A meale come freely by, or which costs th' eater nothing. Rose franche. A red Rose. Sergent franc. An Officer which some vassalls may keepe to looke vnto their woods, and to seise, and detaine such beasts, as are found Dammage fesant within them. Terre franche. Mould, pure soyle, soyle of it selfe; a soyle without sand, grauell, stones, or tuph. Franc au collier; franc au traict. That drawes, or labours hard; that does, falls to, goes through with, his businesse lustily, roundly, willingly, freely. À la franche Marguerite. In the plainest fashion, after the homeliest maner. Refuser tout à franc. To refuse absolutely, denie resolutely, vtterly, altogether; and to depriue himselfe, by such a refusall, of all power, or means of acceptance, or yeelding afterwards. Franc de Carreau. A certaine play with a peece of money at a square crossed: ¶Rab. Francarchers: m. Archers, or trained bow-men, that serue on foot; exempt from Subsidies, because bound to march, on a sudden, and at a certaine monethlie rate, whensoeuer they be commaunded.
Franc-a-tripe One that feeds on free-cost; or, a tall trencher-man, glutton, bellie-god; one thats bountifull to his guts, free to his paunch; one that loues his bellie well.
Franc-estu: m. The Garden Globe; an excellent apple.
