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 Bug :: Water bug () Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemipterous insects belonging to Belostoma, Benacus, Zaitha, and other genera of the family Belostomatidae. Their hind legs are long and fringed, and act like oars. Some of these insects are of great size, being among the largest existing Hemiptera. Many of them come out of the water and fly about at night..
Violation :: Violation (n.) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc..
Infraction :: Infraction (n.) The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law..
Feathered :: Feathered (a.) Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees..
Fringe :: Fringe (n.) One of a number of light or dark bands, produced by the interference of light; a diffraction band; -- called also interference fringe..
Infringer :: Infringer (n.) One who infringes or violates; a violator.
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..
Baleen :: Baleen (n.) Plates or blades of whalebone, from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth..
Zamouse :: Zamouse (n.) A West African buffalo (Bubalus brachyceros) having short horns depressed at the base, and large ears fringed internally with three rows of long hairs. It is destitute of a dewlap. Called also short-horned buffalo, and bush cow..
Violate :: Violate (v. t.) To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe..
Refringency :: Refringency (n.) The power possessed by a substance to refract a ray; as, different substances have different refringencies..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise..
Setireme :: Setireme (n.) A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.
Welt :: Welt (n.) A hem, border, or fringe..
Laciniated :: Laciniated (a.) Fringed; having a fringed border.
Eyelash :: Eyelash (n.) The fringe of hair that edges the eyelid; -- usually in the pl.
Peristome :: Peristome (n.) The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double..
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..
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.
Infringe :: Infringe (v. t.) To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract..
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