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Definition: Frouncing
Frounce
\Frounce\, v. 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.
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Not tricked and frounced, as she was wont. --Milton.
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