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fringe

  [frinj] noun, verb, fringed, fring⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
2. anything resembling or suggesting this: a fringe of grass around a swimming pool.
3. an outer edge; margin; periphery: on the fringe of the art world.
4. something regarded as peripheral, marginal, secondary, or extreme in relation to something else: the lunatic fringe of a strong political party.
5. Optics. one of the alternate light and dark bands produced by diffraction or interference.
6. fringe benefit.
–verb (used with object)
7. to furnish with or as if with a fringe.
8. to serve as a fringe for, or to be arranged around or along so as to suggest a fringe: armed guards fringing the building.
Origin:
1325–75; ME frenge < OF (F frange) < VL *frimbia, metathetic var. of LL fimbria, L fimbriae fringe

Related forms:
fringeless, adjective
fringelike, adjective
fringy, adjective

Synonyms:
2. edge, border, skirt, rim.
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fringe   (frĭnj)   
n.  
  1. A decorative border or edging of hanging threads, cords, or strips, often attached to a separate band.
  2. Something that resembles such a border or edging.
  3. A marginal, peripheral, or secondary part: "They like to hang out on the geographical fringes, the seedy outposts" (James Atlas).
  4. Those members of a group or political party holding extreme views: the lunatic fringe.
  5. Any of the light or dark bands produced by the diffraction or interference of light.
  6. A fringe benefit.
tr.v.   fringed, fring·ing, fring·es
  1. To decorate with or as if with a fringe: The weaver fringed the edge of the scarf.
  2. To serve as a fringe to: Ferns fringed the pool.

[Middle English frenge, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, alteration of Late Latin fimbria; see fimbria.]
fring'y adj.
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Fringe

Fringe\, n. [OF, fringe, F. frange, prob. fr. L. fimbria fiber, thread, fringe, cf. fibra fiber, E. fiber, fimbriate.]

1. An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like.

2. Something resembling in any respect a fringe; a line of objects along a border or edge; a border; an edging; a margin; a confine.

The confines of grace and the fringes of repentance. --Jer. Taylor.

3. (Opt.) One of a number of light or dark bands, produced by the interference of light; a diffraction band; -- called also interference fringe.

4. (Bot.) The peristome or fringelike appendage of the capsules of most mosses. See Peristome.

Fringe tree (Bot.), a small tree (Chionanthus Virginica), growing in the Southern United States, and having snow-white flowers, with long pendulous petals.

Fringe

Fringe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fringed; p. pr. & vb. a. Fringing.] To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.

Precipices fringed with grass. -- Bryant.

Fringing reef. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Fringe
Spanish: fleco, franja,
German: die Franse,
Japanese: へり
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fringe 
1354, from O.Fr. frenge (1316), from V.L. *frimbia, metathesis of L. fimbriæ (pl.) "fibers, threads, fringe," of uncertain origin. Figurative sense of "outer edge, margin," is first recorded 1894.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: fringe
Pronunciation: 'frinj
Function: noun
often attributive : one of various light or dark bands produced by the interference ordiffraction of light
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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FRINGE
C. Katz, GE, 1961. Subcomponent of GE-255 GECOM system. Sorting and merging of data, reports and file maintenance.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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