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English Dictionary: fringed by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fringed
adj
  1. surrounded as with a border or fringe; sometimes used in combination; "a large suburban community...fringed by an industrial area"; "a grass-fringed stream"
  2. having a decorative edging of hanging cords or strips
  3. having edges irregularly and finely slashed; "a laciniate leaf"
    Synonym(s): fringed, laciniate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fringed \Fringed\, a.
      Furnished with a fringe.
  
      {Fringed lear} (Bot.), a leaf edged with soft parallel hairs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fringe \Fringe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fringed}; p. pr. & vb. a.
      {Fringing}.]
      To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.
  
               Precipices fringed with grass.               -- Bryant.
  
      {Fringing reef}. See {Coral reefs}, under {Coral}.
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