Friar /(?)/

Fri·ar

Friar

n.
  1. A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary. (R. C. Ch.)
  2. A white or pale patch on a printed page. (Print.)
  3. An American fish; the silversides. (Zool.)

Phrases & Compounds
Friar bird
an Australian bird (Tropidorhynchus corniculatus), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; poor soldier, and four-o'clock.
Friar's balsam
a stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin.
Friar's cap
the monkshood.
Friar's cowl
an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
Friar's lantern
the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.
Friar skate
the European white or sharpnosed skate (Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, border ray, scad, and doctor.