Frounce v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frounced p. pr. & vb. n. Frouncing ] To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair.
Not tricked and frounced, as she was wont. --Milton.
Frounce, v. i. To form wrinkles in the forehead; to manifest displeasure; to frown. [Obs.]
The Commons frounced and stormed. -- Holland.
Frounce, n.
1. A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; -- also, a frown. [Obs.]
2. An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill.
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