Definition of fringe

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Fringe (n.) One of a number of light or dark bands, produced by the interference of light; a diffraction band; -- called also interference fringe..

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Water Shrew :: Water shrew () Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palustris), is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits..
Laciniated :: Laciniated (a.) Fringed; having a fringed border.
Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) An encroachment or infringement.
Fimbricate :: Fimbricate (a.) Fringed; jagged; fimbriate.
Chenille :: Chenille (n.) Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs..
Uninfringible :: Uninfringible (a.) That may not be infringed; as, an uninfringible monopoly..
Cordonnet :: Cordonnet (n.) Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc..
Purl :: Purl (v. t.) To decorate with fringe or embroidery.
Infringe :: Infringe (v. t.) To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power..
Feather :: Feather (v. t.) To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe..
Infringed :: Infringed (imp. & p. p.) of Infring.
Fringeless :: Fringeless (a.) Having no fringe.
Bilaciniate :: Bilaciniate (a.) Doubly fringed.
Infraction :: Infraction (n.) The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law..
Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves..
Fimbriate :: Fimbriate (v. t.) To hem; to fringe.
Schizopoda :: Schizopoda (n. pl.) A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming.
Fimbriate :: Fimbriate (a.) Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processes thicker than hairs; fringed; as, the fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube..
Loma :: Loma (n.) A lobe; a membranous fringe or flap.
Fimbricate :: Fimbricate (a.) fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, as the antennae of certain insects..
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