frill : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: frill	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for frill
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frill n (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal Synonym(s): frill, ruff a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim Synonym(s): frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow ornamental objects of no great value Synonym(s): folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frill \Frill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Frilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frilling}.] [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.) To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frill \Frill\, v. t. To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frill \Frill\, n. [See {Frill}, v. i.]. (Zo[94]l.) (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.