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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Purl :: Purl (v. t.) To decorate with fringe or embroidery.
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..
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..
Edge :: Edge (v. t.) To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box..
Cordonnet :: Cordonnet (n.) Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc..
Infringe :: Infringe (v. t.) To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power..
Invade :: Invade (v. t.) To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people..
Uninfringible :: Uninfringible (a.) That may not be infringed; as, an uninfringible monopoly..
Fibrillated :: Fibrillated (a.) Furnished with fibrils; fringed.
Infringed :: Infringed (imp. & p. p.) of Infring.
Infringement :: Infringement (n.) An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass..
Refringency :: Refringency (n.) The power possessed by a substance to refract a ray; as, different substances have different refringencies..
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..
Feather :: Feather (v. t.) To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe..
Feather :: Feather (n.) The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.
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..
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..
Fringy :: Fringy (a.) Aborned with fringes.
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.
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