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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr.
     L. frater brother. See {Brother}.]
     1. (R. C. Ch.) 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
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     3. (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides.
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     {Friar bird} (Zool.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus
        corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --
        called also {coldong}, {leatherhead}, {pimlico}; {poor
        soldier}, and {four-o'clock}. The name is also applied to
        several other species of the same genus.
  
     {Friar's balsam} (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds
        and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,
        styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of
        benzoin. --Brande & C.
  
     {Friar's cap} (Bot.), the monkshood.
  
     {Friar's cowl} (Bot.), 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.
        --Milton.
  
     {Friar skate} (Zool.), the European white or sharpnosed skate
        ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate}, {border
        ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Silversides \Sil"ver*sides`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of small fishes of the family
     {Atherinidae}, having a silvery stripe along each side of the
     body. The common species of the American coast ({Menidia
     notata}) is very abundant. Called also {silverside}, {sand
     smelt}, {friar}, {tailor}, and {tinker}.
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     {Brook silversides} (Zool.), a small fresh-water North
        American fish ({Labadesthes sicculus}) related to the
        marine silversides.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  friar
       n : a male member of a religious order that originally relied
           soley on alms [syn: {mendicant}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "friar":
     abbacomes, abbot, ascetic, beadsman, brother, caloyer, celibate,
     cenobite, conventual, conventual prior, grand prior, hermit,
     hieromonach, lay abbot, lay brother, mendicant, monastic, monk,
     palmer, pilgrim, pillar saint, pillarist, prior, religieux,
     religious, stylite
  
  

















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