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Webster's English Dictionary

frank

n. [OF. franc.] A pigsty. ()

v. t. To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten. (Shak.)

n. (Zol.) The common heron; -- so called from its note. ()

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a. [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.]1. Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. (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. ()

Frank of civilities that cost them nothing. (L'Estrange.)

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

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v. t. 1. To send by public conveyance free of expense. (Dickens.)

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

n. [See Frank, a.] 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 go free of postage. Called also the franking privilege. ()

I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again. (Cowper.)

n. [Cf. F. franc. See Frank, a.]1. (Ethnol.) 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. ()