FROUNCE
Frounce, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Frouncing.]
Etym: [OE. frouncen, fronsen, to told, wrinkle, OF. froncier, F.
froncer, perh. fr. an assumed LL. frontiare to wrinkle the forehead,
L. frons forehead. See Front, and cf. Flounce part of a dress.]
Defn: 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
Frounce, v. i.
Defn: To form wrinkles in the forehead; to manifest displeasure; to
frown. [Obs.]
The Commons frounced and stormed. Holland.
FROUNCE
Frounce, n.
1. A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; — also, a frown. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
2. An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill. Booth.
FROUNCELESS
Frounce"less, a.
Defn: Without frounces. Rom. of R.
FROUZY Frou"zy, a. Etym: [Prov. E. frouzy froward, peevish, offensive to the eye or smell; cf. froust a musty smell, frouse to rumple, frouze to curl, and E. frounce, frowy.]