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Frist

frɪst
Interesting fact
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Frist
    frĭst To sell upon credit, as goods.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) frist
    A certain space of time; respite.
  2. frist
    To sell upon credit, as goods.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. fristen, firsten, to lend, give respite, postpone, AS. firstan, to give respite to; akin to first time, G. frist, Icel. frest, delay

Usage in the news

Upon Retiring, Frist Urges Senators to Work Together. ashingtonpost.com

Senator Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) tells Bob Schieffer he's optimistic that the Republicans can maintain control of the Senate and what he believes the consequences are for America if they don't. cbsnews.com

The federal agency fined Frist 2000, Inc, $11,000, according to a lawyer representing Frist 's campaign and a watchdog group. usatoday.com

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist , a cardiac surgeon, examines Kuja, a gorilla at the National Zoo, for signs of heart disease. ashingtonpost.com

Frist snapped on rubber gloves. ashingtonpost.com

Frist fires opening shot on immigration. cnn.com

Hospital Corporation of America in Nashville was founded by Frist 's father and brother. ashingtonpost.com

Sen Majority Leader Bill Frist has denied any wrongdoing in selling his ownership of a stock just two weeks before it took a dive. cbsnews.com

Frist 's Stock Sales. pbs.org

Frist Says He Had No Inside Data On Stock. ashingtonpost.com

Frist faces questions about interactions with trustee. sptimes.com

SEC, Justice Investigate Frist 's Sale of Stock. ashingtonpost.com

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) called on companies to voluntarily drop DTC advertising for two years after the approval of new drugs. mmm-online.com

Josh Marshall's mocking Bill Frist , which is always fun. motherjones.com

Outcome May Affect Frist 's Standing. foxnews.com

Usage in scientific papers

To see the contibution, frist intercahnge the roles of eB and L and note that we can group an even number of crossings from each end of the braid so as to leave precisely three crossings, two for the clasp and one more to one or other side of the clasp.
On knot Floer homology for some fibered knots

Usage in literature

FRIST, to postpone, give credit, FUGIE, fugitive. "Red Gauntlet" by Sir Walter Scott

According to the old sisters, her nature was so burning, that when water touched her, she went frist! "Droll Stories, Complete" by Honore de Balzac

Taenk paa dit eget Vel, frist mig ei laenger. "An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway" by Martin Brown Ruud

The thing that's fristed's no forgi'en. "The Proverbs of Scotland" by Alexander Hislop

He is an Elder in the Frist Presbyterian Church of that city. "The Stephens Family" by Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens