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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.