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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

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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Computing Dictionary

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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