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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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FRI'AR, n. [L. frater. See Brother.]
A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of
one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or
Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black
Friars. (d) White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in
the Vocabulary.
A white or pale patch on a
printed page.
An American fish; the
silversides.
Friar bird (Zoöl.), an Australian bird (Tropidorhynchus corniculatus), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; poor soldier, and four- o'clock. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus. -- Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin. Brande *** C. -- Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood. -- Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl. -- Friar's lantern, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp. Milton. -- Friar skate (Zoö]l.), the European white or sharpnosed skate (Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, border ray, scad, and doctor. | ||||||||