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▪ I. † ˈfragor1 Obs.
Also -our.
[a. L. fragor, f. frag- stem of frangĕre to break.]
A loud harsh noise, a crash, din.
1605Daniel Philotas Wks. (1717) 339 Those thund'ring Fragors that affright the Earth. 1660F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 392 This Streight is vexed with forcible tides..which..encounter with a most obstreperous fragour. 1702Watts Horæ Lyr., Vict. Poles over Osman, Scarce sounds so far The direful fragor, when some southern blast Tears from the Alps a ridge of knotty oaks.
▪ II. † fragor2 Obs. rare.
Also -our.
[a. It. fragore = fragrore f. L. frāgr-: see fragrant.]
Fragrance.
1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. 185 The gardens challenge our attention; than which for grandeur and fragor no Citie in Asia out-vies her. Ibid. 322 [The musk] by its fragor is oft found by the carelesse passenger. |