Definition for FROUNCE

FROUNCE, v.t. [Sp. fruncir, to plait or gather the edge of cloth into plaits, to frizzle, to wrinkle; Fr. froncer, to gather, to knit, to contract; Arm. fronçza. See Frown.]

To curl or frizzle the hair about the face. Not tricked and flounced as she was wont. Milton.

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