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fraise

Froise \Froise\, n. [OE. froise cf. F. froisser to bruise, E. frush to bruise,] A kind of pancake. See 1st Fraise. [Written also fraise.]

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fraise

Etymology 1 vb. (lb en transitive archaic) to put in danger, terror, or at risk Etymology 2

n. 1 (context historical English) A ruff worn (especially by women) in the 16th century. 2 A type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position. 3 A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter. vb. (context military English) To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward. Etymology 3

n. A large thick pancake with slices of bacon in it.

WordNet
fraise
  1. n. a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century

  2. sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes

Wikipedia
Fraise

Fraise (1988–2005) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1992 Breeders' Cup Turf.

Usage examples of "fraise".

She ate her way through a delicious meal, but the Mousse de Sole all Champagne and the Fraises Romanoff might just as well have been fish pie and bread and butter pudding for all the notice she took of them.

He fraised a finger and cocked it, ordering four or five uni­nformed men into the room.

Consomm een gelee saumon froid and fraises des bois will do very well,' Erika replied quietly, but her hand trembled as he placed the iced soup in front of her with a little bow and left the room.