3 entries under this word

Frounce

Frounce, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. FROUNCED (frounst); p. pr. & vb. n. FROUNCING.] [Fr. froncer, to wrinkle, contract the brow, Pr. & O. Sp. froncir, N. Sp. fruncir, Lat. as if frontiare, from frons, forehead, brow.] To gather into plaits; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle the hair about the face. Not tricked and frounced as she was wont. Milton.

Frounce, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To form wrinkles in the forehead; to frown. [Obs.] The Commons frounced and stormed. Holland.

Frounce, n.

noun

n. 1. A wrinkle, plait, or curl; an ornament of dress. Beau. & Fl. 2. A mass of pimples in the palate of a horse; also, a similar affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill. Booth.