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noun
1.
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
2.
a ruff worn around the neck in the 16th century.
3.
a woman's embroidered scarf worn with ends crossed on the chest and pinned with a brooch or the like, popular in the early 19th century.
4.
Horology. a cutting tool for correcting inaccuracies in the teeth of a timepiece wheel.
Origin:
1765–75; < French, derivative of fraiser to frizzle, curl < Provençal frezar ≪ Germanic; compare Old English frīs curled
1765–75; < French, derivative of fraiser to frizzle, curl < Provençal frezar ≪ Germanic; compare Old English frīs curled
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Fraises
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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