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Frounce

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v. i.1.To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair.
[imp. & p. p. Frounced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Frouncing .]
Not tricked and frounced, as she was wont.
- Milton.
1.To form wrinkles in the forehead; to manifest displeasure; to frown.
The Commons frounced and stormed.
- Holland.
n.1.A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; - also, a frown.
2.An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill.
frounce - To wrinkle or fold.
See also related terms for wrinkle.
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The disease occurs in numerous types of birds, including pigeons, where it is called canker and birds of prey, where it is known as frounce.
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Frounce and frill reached a peak in the 80s with many brides copying the meringuelike voluptuousness characterised by Princess Diana's wedding frock (left).
Your Life daily: Wedding dress - A history by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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