frankable.html - n.
1 a member of the Germanic nation or coalition that conquered Gaul in the 6th c.
2 (in the Levant) a person of Western nationality.

Frankish adj. [OE Franca, OHG Franko, perh. f. the name of a weapon: cf. OE franca javelin]

frankable.html - adj., v., & n. --adj.

1 candid, outspoken (a frank opinion).
2 undisguised, avowed (frank admiration).
3 ingenuous, open (a frank face).
4 Med. unmistakable.

--v.

tr.
1 stamp (a letter) with an official mark (esp. other than a normal postage stamp) to record the payment of postage.
2 hist. superscribe (a letter etc.) with a signature ensuring conveyance without charge; send without charge.
3 archaic facilitate the coming and going of (a person).

--n.

1 a franking signature or mark.
2 a franked cover.

frankable adj. franker n. frankness n. [ME f. OF franc f. med.L francus free, f. FRANK (since only Franks had full freedom in Frankish Gaul)]

frankable.html - n.
(in full Frankenstein's monster) a thing that becomes terrifying to its maker; a monster. [Baron Frankenstein, a character in and the title of a novel (1818) by Mary Shelley]

frankable.html - n.
a seasoned smoked sausage made of beef and pork. [G Frankfurter Wurst Frankfurt sausage]

frankable.html - n.
an aromatic gum resin obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia, used for burning as incense. [ME f. OF franc encens pure incense]

frankable.html - n.
hist. a landowner of free but not noble birth in the 14th and 15th c. in England. [ME francoleyn etc. f. AL francalanus f. francalis held without dues f. francus free: see FRANK]