† frais,v.Sc.Obs. Also frase. [Of obscure origin; cf.Sw.frasa to rustle.] intr. To creak, make a grating noise. 1513Douglas æneis i. ii. 60 Cabillis can freit and frais.Ibid. vi. ix. 52 Feill crewell strakis smytting hard thai sound, Frasing of irn fetteris and chenȝeis.