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Frain

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bellnoun(music) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
fraistverb(obsolete, ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To try; test; prove; put to the proof; make trial (of).
inquireverb(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).
questionnounA worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
querynounA question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
fraynoun(countable) A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.
firknounA stroke; lash.
strainnoun(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
fratchnoun(UK) A dispute, a quarrel; a fight or brawl.
thravenoun(UK, dialect) A sheaf; a handful.
rimenounArchaic in the form rimes: originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost (sense 1).
fridgenoun(informal) A refrigerator.
ask aroundverb(idiomatic, intransitive) To enquire of different people about something.
questionizeverb(US regional, colloquial) To ask questions of; to question.
pricenounThe cost required to gain possession of something.
frillnounA strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
importunate(of a demand) Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.
importunenoun(obsolete) Synonym of importuner.
fretnounAgitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
thignoun(ambitransitive, Scotland) To beg, borrow; cadge.

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