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noun
- A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
- The quantity of raisins contained in a frail.
- A rush for weaving baskets.
verb - To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
adjective
- Easily break, broken; mentally or physically fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
- Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
Translations: Etymology: From Old French frele, from Latin fragilis.
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