noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A delay; suspension; postponement. UK, dialectal, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of frist form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

From Middle English fristing, frestynge, equivalent to frist + -ing.

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