v. t. To furnish with a fringe; to form a fringe upon; to adorn as with fringe. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF, fringe, F. frange, prob. fr. L. fimbria fiber, thread, fringe, cf. fibra fiber, E. fiber, fimbriate. ]
The confines of grace and the fringes of repentance. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Precipices fringed with grass. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fringing reef.
a. Furnished with a fringe. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fringed lear (Bot.),
a. Having no fringe. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Encircling like a fringe; bordering. [ R. ] “The fringent air.” Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles.
. A small oleaceous tree (Chionanthus virginica), of the southern United States, having clusters of snow-white flowers with slender petals. It is often cultivated. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. t.
If the first that did the edict infringe,
Had answered for his deed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The peace . . . was infringed by Appius Claudius. Golding. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n.
The punishing of this infringement is proper to that
jurisdiction against which the contempt is. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who infringes or violates; a violator. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the members of a political or social group espousing extreme, fanatical, or seemingly irrational views. [ PJC ]
n. The power possessed by a substance to refract a ray;
a. [ L. refringens, p. pr. of refringere. See Refract. ] Pertaining to, or possessing, refringency; refractive; refracting;
n. A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something. [ 1913 Webster ]
Broad-faced, with underfringe of russet beard. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
. The region immediately surrounding a disk moving flatwise through air; -- so called because the air has a cyclic motion as in vortex ring. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]