Frank /(?)/

1. A pigsty. [Obs.]

1. To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten. [Obs.]

1. The common heron; -- so called from its note. (Zool.) [Prov. Eng.]

1. Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. [R.]
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. [Obs.]

   Frank of civilities that cost them nothing.

4. Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.

imp. & p. p. franked; p. pr. & vb. n. franking

1. To send by public conveyance free of expense.
2. To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.

1. 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.

1. A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France. (Ethnol.)
2. A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.
3. A French coin. See Franc.