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Webster 1913 Edition


Frory

Fro′ry

,
Adj.
[AS.
freórig
. See
Frorn
.]
1.
Frozen; stiff with cold.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
2.
Covered with a froth like hoarfrost.
[Archaic]
The foaming steed with
frory
bit to steer.
Fairfax.

Webster 1828 Edition


Frory

FRO'RY

,
Adj.
1.
Frozen.
2.
Covered with a froth resembling hoarfrost. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


frory

frory

English

Adjective

frory (comparative more frory, superlative most frory)

  1. (now rare) Frosty; frozen.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii:
      An aged sire with head all frory hore, / And sprinckled frost vpon his deawy beard [...].
  2. Covered with a froth resembling hoar frost.