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   Frank (?), n. [OF. franc.] A pigsty. [Obs.]
   
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   Frank, v. t. To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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   Frank, n. (Zool.) The common heron; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]
   
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   frank (frăṉk), a. [Compar. franker (frăṉkˈẽr); superl. frankest.] [F. franc free, frank, L. Francus a Frank, fr. OHG. Franko the name of a Germanic people on the Rhine, who afterward founded the French monarchy; cf. AS. franca javelin, Icel. frakka.  Cf. Franc, French, a., Franchise, n.]
   1. Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. [R.] “It is of frank gift.”  Spenser.
   
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   2. Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, “a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.”
   
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   3. Liberal; generous; profuse. [Obs.]
   
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   Frank of civilities that cost them nothing. L'Estrange.
   
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   4. Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.  Spenser.
   
   Syn. -- Ingenuous; candid; artless; plain; open; unreserved; undisguised; sincere. See Candid, Ingenuous.
   
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   frank (frăṉk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. franked (frăṉkt); p. pr. & vb. n. franking.]
   1. To send by public conveyance free of expense.  Dickens.
   
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   2. To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
   
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   Frank, n. [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.
   
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   I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again.  Cowper.
   
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   Frank, n. [Cf. F. franc. See Frank, a.]
   1. (Ethnol.) A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.
   
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   2. A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.
   
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   3. A French coin. See Franc.
   
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