Definition of fringe

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Fringe (n.) The peristome or fringelike appendage of the capsules of most mosses. See Peristome.

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Fimbricate :: Fimbricate (a.) fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, as the antennae of certain insects..
Balaenoidea :: Balaenoidea (n.) A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen..
Fringe :: Fringe (n.) Something resembling in any respect a fringe; a line of objects along a border or edge; a border; an edging; a margin; a confine.
Eyelash :: Eyelash (n.) The fringe of hair that edges the eyelid; -- usually in the pl.
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..
Diffraction :: Diffraction (n.) The deflection and decomposition of light in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow slits, causing the appearance of parallel bands or fringes of prismatic colors, as by the action of a grating of fine lines or bars..
Alcyonium :: Alcyonium (n.) A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges..
Fringed :: Fringed (imp. & p. p.) of Fring.
Fimbriated :: Fimbriated (a.) Having a fringed border; fimbriate.
Fringe :: Fringe (n.) The peristome or fringelike appendage of the capsules of most mosses. See Peristome.
Invade :: Invade (v. t.) To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people..
Doily :: Doily (n.) A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; -- commonly colored and fringed..
Pearl :: Pearl (v. t. ) To fringe; to border.
Fringe :: Fringe (v. t.) To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.
Refringency :: Refringency (n.) The power possessed by a substance to refract a ray; as, different substances have different refringencies..
Setireme :: Setireme (n.) A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.
Befringe :: Befringe (v. t.) To furnish with a fringe; to form a fringe upon; to adorn as with fringe.
Icebound :: Icebound (a.) Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast..
Welt :: Welt (n.) A hem, border, or fringe..
Oleaceous :: Oleaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Oleaceae), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive is the type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true jasmine, and fringe tree..
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