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frill

  [fril]
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–noun
1. a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
2. something resembling such a trimming, as the fringe of hair on the chest of some dogs.
3. affectation of manner, style, etc.
4. something superfluous.
5. Photography. wrinkling or loosening of an emulsion at the edges, usually due to excessively high temperature during developing.
–verb (used with object)
6. to trim or ornament with a frill or frills.
7. to form into a frill.
–verb (used without object)
8. Photography. (of an emulsion) to become wrinkled or loose.
Origin:
1585–95; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
friller, noun
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frill   (frĭl)   
n.  

  1. A ruffled, gathered, or pleated border or projection, such as a fabric edge used to trim clothing or a curled paper strip for decorating the end of the bone of a piece of meat.

  2. A ruff of hair or feathers about the neck of an animal or a bird.

  3. A wrinkling of the edge of a photographic film.

  4. Informal Something that is desirable but not a necessity; a luxury. See Synonyms at luxury.

v.   frilled, frill·ing, frills

v.   tr.

  1. To make into a ruffle or frill.

  2. To add a ruffle or frill to.

v.   intr.
To become wrinkled along the edge.

[Origin unknown.]
fril'li·ness n., frill'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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