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Definition: c Dominicans or Black Friars
Friar
\Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr.
L. frater brother. See
Brother.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) 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.
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2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) An American fish; the silversides.
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Friar bird (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), the European white or sharpnosed
skate (
Raia alba); -- called also
Burton skate,
border ray,
scad, and
doctor.
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