- (v.i.) To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills.
- (v.i.) A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce.
- (v.i.) A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells.
- (v.i.) A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs or of feathers, around the neck of an animal.
- (v.i.) A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold.
- (v.i.) To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film.
- (v.i.) A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals.
- (v.t.) To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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