Frank
Frank , noun
[Old French franc.]
A pigsty. [Obsolete]
Frank , transitive verb
To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
Frank , noun
(Zoology) The common heron; -- so called from its note. [Provincial English]
frank (frank) , adjective
[French franc free, frank, Latin Francus a Frank, from Old High German Franko the name of a Germanic people on the Rhine, who afterward founded the French monarchy; compare Anglo-Saxon franca javelin, Icelandic frakka. Compare Franc, French, a., Franchise, n.]
1.
Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. [Rare]
It is of frank gift.
2.
Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.
3.
Liberal; generous; profuse. [Obsolete]
Frank of civilities that cost them nothing.
4.
Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense. — Spenser
frank (frank) , transitive verb
1.
To send by public conveyance free of expense. — Dickens
2.
To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
Frank , noun
[See Frank, a.]
The privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to go free of postage. Called also the franking privilege.
I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again.
Frank , noun
[Compare French franc. See Frank, a.]
1.
(Ethnology) A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.
2.
A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.
3.
A French coin. See Franc.