frise

1. (archaic) Frisia: (historical) a traditionally Frisian-speaking coastal Western Europe, politically split between Netherlands and GermanyExamples: "It was originally applied to cloths of gold made in Frise, a province in the Low Countries"; "The kingdom of the Netherlands was declared by the Congress at Vienna to be composed of North and South Brabant, Limbourg, Guelders, Liege, East and West Flanders, Hainault, Holland, Zealand, Namur, Antwerp, Utrecht, Frise, Overyssel, Groningen and Drenthe."; "We not only find them in the swamps of Lower Germany and the provinces of Frise, Holland, Zealand, and Flanders, but also in the sands of Campine and about Dunkirk."archaicuncountable