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noun. Any of numerous tailless aquatic, semiaquatic, or terrestrial amphibians of the order Anura, characteristically having a short vertebral column, a large head, long hind legs used for leaping, and a tadpole stage as larvae.

noun. Any of various usually aquatic members of this order having smoother skin and longer hind legs than the toads.

noun. A wedge-shaped, horny prominence in the sole of a horse's hoof.

noun. A loop fastened to a belt to hold a tool or weapon.

noun. An ornamental looped braid or cord with a button or knot for fastening the front of a garment.

noun. A device on intersecting railroad tracks that permits wheels to cross the junction.

noun. A spiked or perforated device used to support stems in a flower arrangement.

noun. The nut of a violin bow.

noun. Hoarseness or phlegm in the throat.

noun. Used as a disparaging term for a person of French birth or descent.

To hunt for frogs; catch frogs.

noun. The presence of mucus on the vocal cords, causing hoarseness and an inclination to cough or hawk: usually called frog in the throat.

noun. Aphthæ in children.

noun. A fastening for the front of a coat or any similar garment, often made ornamental by the use of embroidery or braiding, and consisting generally of a spindle-shaped button, attached by a cord, and corresponding with a loop on the opposite side of the garment.

noun. The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.

noun. An attachment to the frame of a loom, against which an iron finger strikes, stopping the machine should the shuttle fail to make timely passage through the warp.

noun. In lumbering: The junction of the two branches of a flume.

noun. A timber placed at the mouth of a slide to direct the discharge of the logs.

noun. In a carriage, an ornamental piece of wood covered with silk or worsted woven to match the carriage-fringe.

noun. In a harness, a pear-shaped ornament of patent leather, finished at the narrow end with a ring.

noun. In farriery, an elastic horny substance that grows in the middle of the sole of a horse's foot, dividing into two branches, and running toward the heel in the form of a fork.

noun. A section of a rail, or of several rails combined, at a point where two railway lines cross, or at the point of a switch from a line to a siding or to another line. When used at a crossing to unite the rails, it is called a cross-frog.

noun. A batrachian of the family Ranidæ (which see), as the common British Rana temporaria, or its North American representative, R. sylvatica.

noun. Same as frock.

transitive verb. To ornament or fasten (a coat, etc.) with trogs. See frog, n., 4.

noun. An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime.

noun. The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals; the fourchette.

noun. A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it.

noun. An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.

noun. The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.

noun. a frog adapted for tracks that cross at right angles.

noun. a popular name for a large puffball.

noun. one who eats frogs; -- a term of contempt applied to a Frenchman by the vulgar class of English.

noun. See Frog hopper.

noun. a small, leaping, hemipterous insect living on plants. The larvæ are inclosed in a frothy liquid called cuckoo spit or frog spit.

noun. the yellow water lily (Nuphar).

noun. the frothy exudation of the frog hopper; -- called also frog spittle. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.

noun. A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt

noun. A fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop

verb. To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs

verb. To unravel (a knitted garment).

noun. A French person

noun. A French-speaking person from Quebec

noun. A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops

noun. The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached

noun. Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad

noun. The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick

noun. An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood

noun. The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof)