Frank /frangk/

1. A German from a confederation in Franconia of which a branch conquered Gaul in the 5c, and founded France
2. (in the East) a Western European

Frankˈish adjective

frank¹ /frangk/

1. Free or open
2. Liberal (obsolete)
3. Open or candid in expression
4. Unrestrained (obsolete)
5. Unmistakable or true (medicine; as in frank pus or asthma)

1. To sign or mark so as to ensure free carriage, eg at a post office
2. To send thus signed or marked
3. To mark by means of a frankˈing-machine to show that postage has been paid

1. The signature of a person who had the right to frank a letter
2. The mark left by a franking-machine
3. A franked envelope

frankˈly adverb

1. To be frank
2. In a frank manner

frankˈness noun

frankˈ-fee noun (feudal law)

Tenure in fee simple

frankˈ-pledge noun (feudal law)

A mutual suretyship by which the members of a tithing were made responsible for one another

frankˈ-tenement noun (feudal law)

Freehold

frank² /frangk/ (Shakespeare)

A pigsty

1. To shut up in a sty
2. To cram or fatten

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