FRILLED

frilled, frilly, ruffled

(adjective) having decorative ruffles or frills

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

frilled (comparative more frilled, superlative most frilled)

Having frills, frilly.

Verb

frilled

simple past tense and past participle of frill

Source: Wiktionary


Frilled, a.

Definition: Furnished with a frill or frills. Frilled lizard (Zoöl.), a large Australian lizard (Chlamydosaurus Kingii) about three feet long, which has a large, erectile frill on each side of the neck.

FRILL

Frill, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Frilling.] Etym: [OF. friller, fr. L. frigidulus somewhat cold, dim. of frigidus cold; akin to F. frileux chilly.]

1. To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills. Johnson.

2. (Photog.)

Definition: To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film.

Frill, v. t.

Definition: To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap.

Frill, n. Etym: [See Frill, v. i.]. (Zoöl.) (a) A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold. (b) A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal. See Frilled lizard (below). (c) A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals. (d) A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells.

2. A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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