adv. & prep. [ OE. ] Fro. [ Old Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It., for frate. See Friar. ] Brother; -- a title of a monk or friar; as, Fra Angelo. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. To scold; to nag. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Crabbed; peevish. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., crash, din, tumult, It. fracasso, fr. fracassare to break in pieces, perh. fr. fra within, among (L. infra) + cassare to annul, cashier. Cf. Cashier, v. t. ] An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A shallow iron pan to hold glass ware while being annealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fracidus mellow, soft. ] Rotten from being too ripe; overripe. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. fractus, p. p. of frangere to break. ] To break; to violate. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Having a part displaced, as if broken; -- said of an ordinary. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. fraction, L. fractio a breaking, fr. frangere, fractum, to break. See Break. ] 1. The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking up. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A portion; a fragment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some niggard fractions of an hour. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arith. or Alg.) One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

Common fraction, or
Vulgar fraction, a fraction in which the number of equal parts into which the integer is supposed to be divided is indicated by figures or letters, called the denominator, written below a line, over which is the numerator, indicating the number of these parts included in the fraction; as 1/2, one half, 2/5, two fifths. --
Complex fraction, a fraction having a fraction or mixed number in the numerator or denominator, or in both. Davies & Peck. --
Compound fraction, a fraction of a fraction; two or more fractions connected by of. --
Continued fraction,
Decimal fraction,
Partial fraction, etc. See under Continued, Decimal, Partial, etc. --
Improper fraction, a fraction in which the numerator is greater than the denominator. --
Proper fraction, a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator. [ 1913 Webster ]