Meaning of FRILL
Pronunciation: | | fril
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| Definition: | | [n] a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim |
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| Synonyms: | | flounce, furbelow, ruffle |
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| See Also: | | adornment, gauffer, goffer, jabot, peplum | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Frill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Frilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Frilling}.] [OF. friller, fr. L. frigidulus somewhat cold,
dim. of frigidus cold; akin to F. frileux chilly.]
1. To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills.
--Johnson.
2. (Photog.) To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film.
\Frill\, v. t.
To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back.
in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap.
\Frill\, n. [See {Frill}, v. i.]. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold.
(b) A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or
of feathers, around the neck of an animal. See {Frilled
lizard} (below).
(c) A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of
animals.
(d) A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells.
2. A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at
the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow
flounce.
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| Related Terms: | | addition, adornment, amenity, beading, beauties, bedizenment, binding, bonus, bordering, bordure, bravery, chiffon, clinquant, colors, colors of rhetoric, crease, creasing, crimp, crisp, decoration, dog-ear, double, double over, doubling, duplication, duplication of effort, duplicature, edging, elegant variation, embellishment, embroidery, enfold, expletive, extra, extra added attraction, extra dash, extravagance, fat, featherbedding, festoons, figure, figure of speech, filigree, filling, fillip, fimbria, fimbriation, fine writing, finery, flection, flexure, floridity, floridness, flounce, flourish, floweriness, flowers of speech, flute, fold, fold over, folderol, foofaraw, frilliness, frilling, frills, frills and furbelows, fringe, frippery, froufrou, furbelow, fuss, gaiety, galloon, gather, gaudery, gewgaw, gilding, gilt, gingerbread, hem, infold, interfold, jazz, lagniappe, lap over, lapel, lappet, list, lushness, luxuriance, luxury, motif, needlessness, ornament, ornamentation, ostentation, overadornment, overlap, padding, paste, payroll padding, pinchbeck, plait, plat, pleat, pleonasm, plica, plicate, plication, plicature, ply, premium, prolixity, purple patches, quill, redundance, redundancy, ruche, ruching, ruff, ruffle, selvage, showiness, skirting, something extra, stuffing, superaddition, superfluity, superfluousness, tautology, tinsel, trappings, trickery, trimming, trumpery, tuck, turn over, twill, twist, unnecessariness, valance, verbosity, welt, wrinkle |
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