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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold.

2. A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal. See Frilled lizard (below).

3. A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals.

4. A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells.

5. A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills. Johnson.

2. To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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