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Frouncing

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         Not tricked and frounced, as she was wont. --Milton.
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