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Webster 1913 Edition

Frounce

Frounce

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Frounced
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Frouncing
.]
[OE.
frouncen
,
fronsen
, to told, wrinkle, OF.
froncier
, F.
froncer
, perh. fr. an assumed LL.
frontiare
to wrinkle the forehead, L.
frons
forehead. See
Front
, and cf.
Flounce
part of a dress.]
To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair.
Not tricked and
frounced
, as she was wont.
Milton.

Frounce

,
Verb.
I.
To form wrinkles in the forehead; to manifest displeasure; to frown.
[Obs.]
The Commons
frounced
and stormed.
Holland.

Frounce

,
Noun.
1.
A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; – also, a frown.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
2.
An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk’s bill.
Booth.

Webster 1828 Edition

Frounce

FROUNCE

,
Noun.
A distemper of hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the bill. [See the Verb.]

FROUNCE

, v.t.
To curl or frizzle the hair about the face.
Not tricked and frounced as she was wont.

FROUNCE

,
Noun.
A wrinkle, plait or curl; an ornament of dress.

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