a. [ L. corrugans, p. pr. See Corrugate. ] Having the power of contracting into wrinkles. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. corrugatus, p. p. of corrugare; cor-+ rugare to wrinkle, ruga wrinkle; of uncertain origin. ] Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Corrugated iron,
Corrugated paper,
adj. shaped into parallel folds alternately grooved and ridged;
n. [ Cf. F. corrugation. ] The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL.; cf. F. corrugateur. ] (Anat.) A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. erugatus, p. p. of erugare to smooth; e out + ruga wrinkle. ] Freed from wrinkles; smooth. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. frugalis, fr. frugi, lit., for fruit; hence, fit for food, useful, proper, temperate, the dative of frux, frugis, fruit, akin to E. fruit: cf. F. frugal. See Fruit, n. ]
I oft admire
How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit
Such disproportions. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
Frugality is founded on the principle that all riches have
limits. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Thriftily; prudently. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Quality of being frugal; frugality. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not frugal; wasteful;
v. t. [ L. irrugatus, p. p. of irrugare to wrinkle. ] To wrinkle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
a. [ L. rugatus, p. p. of rugare to wrinkle, fr. ruga a wrinkle. ] Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Sp., warts. Cf. Verruca. ] (Med.) An endemic disease occurring in the Andes in Peru, characterized by warty tumors which ulcerate and bleed. It is probably due to a special bacillus, and is often fatal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]