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Frounce  v. i.  (past & past part. frounced; pres. part. frouncing)  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."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Frounce" Quotes from Famous Books



... suche as thei be, Yit is ther on, and that is he Which cleped in Detraccioun. And to conferme his accioun, He hath withholde Malebouche, Whos tunge neither pyl ne crouche 390 Mai hyre, so that he pronounce A plein good word withoute frounce Awher behinde a mannes bak. For thogh he preise, he fint som lak, Which of his tale is ay the laste, That al the pris schal overcaste: And thogh ther be no cause why, Yit wole he jangle noght forthi, As he which hath the heraldie Of hem that usen forto ...
— Confessio Amantis - Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins, 1330-1408 A.D. • John Gower



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