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frilling

frill \frill\ (fr[i^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. frilled (fr[i^]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. frilling.] [OF. friller, fr. L. frigidulus somewhat cold, dim. of frigidus cold; akin to F. frileux chilly.]

  1. To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills.
    --Johnson.

  2. (Photog.) To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film.

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frilling

n. A frilled ornamentation on clothing. vb. (present participle of frill English)

Usage examples of "frilling".

The mayor, constraining himself to keep awake a little longer, gave Domini away, while Suzanne dropped tears into a pocket-handkerchief edged with rose-coloured frilling, the gift of Monsieur Helmuth.

I was confronted by a six-foot woman with ginger hair, bobble hat and tadpole veil frilling her chin.