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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

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

as, to

frill

a cap

Noun.

[See

Verb.

]

(Zool.)

(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.

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

Noun.

[infra.] An edging of fine linen on the bosom of a shirt or other similar thing; a ruffle.

, v.i.

To shake; to quake; to shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills.