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Definition of Franking
1. n. A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter.
Definition of Franking
1. Noun. Device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of frank) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Franking
1. frank [v] - See also: frank
Medical Definition of Franking
1. A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Franking
Literary usage of Franking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Charles Sumner by Charles Sumner (1880)
"THE Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, having under consideration the House
bill " to abolish the franking privilege," Mr. ..."
2. The Life and Times of Silas Wright by Ransom Hooker Gillet (1874)
"This rate and the franking privilege are — in 1872 — still retained, ... Mr.
WRIGHT expressed his views upon the franking privilege on several occasions, ..."
3. Life of Matthew Hale Carpenter: A View of the Honors and Achievements That by Frank Abial Flower (1883)
"A large number of petitions from all parts of the country had been presented,
praying for the abolition of the franking privilege, and Carpenter startled ..."
4. Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1880)
"And as in the franking days there was, from a very curly date, a regularly appointed
... franking is supposed to have commenced in the reign of James I., ..."
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