Frounce

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Not tricked and frounced, as she was wont. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frounce \Frounce\, v. i.
     To form wrinkles in the forehead; to manifest displeasure; to
     frown. [Obs.]
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           The Commons frounced and stormed.        -- Holland.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frounce \Frounce\, n.
     1. A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; -- also, a frown.
        [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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     2. An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers
        about the hawk's bill. --Booth.
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