[freyz] 
| 1. | Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position. |
| 2. | a ruff worn around the neck in the 16th century. |
| 3. | a woman's embroidered scarf worn with ends crossed on the chest and pinned with a brooch or the like, popular in the early 19th century. |
| 4. | Horology. a cutting tool for correcting inaccuracies in the teeth of a timepiece wheel. |
[frez] [frez] . French. | 1. | strawberry. |
| 2. | crème de fraise. |
| 3. | a brandy distilled from strawberries. |
| fraise (frāz) n.
[French, from Old French, mesentery (from its pleated shape), from (feves) frasees, shelled (beans), from the resemblance between the mesentery and the peel surrounding individual broad beans, from Latin (faba) frēsa, ground (bean), feminine past participle of frendere, to crush; see frenum.] |