Fringe
[frɪn(d)ʒ] or [frɪndʒ]
Definition
(noun.) an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels.
(noun.) a social group holding marginal or extreme views; 'members of the fringe believe we should be armed with guns at all times'.
(noun.) one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light.
(verb.) decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe; 'fur fringed the hem of the dress'.
(verb.) adorn with a fringe; 'The weaver fringed the scarf'.
Typist: Phil--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like.
(n.) Something resembling in any respect a fringe; a line of objects along a border or edge; a border; an edging; a margin; a confine.
(n.) One of a number of light or dark bands, produced by the interference of light; a diffraction band; -- called also interference fringe.
(n.) The peristome or fringelike appendage of the capsules of most mosses. See Peristome.
(v. t.) To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.
Typed by Erica
Definition
n. loose threads forming an ornamental border: anything like a fringe even a girl's hair cut in front and falling over the brow: the extremity.—v.t. to adorn with fringe: to border.—adjs. Fringed; Fringe′less; Fring′ent fringing.—n. Fringe′-tree in the United States a large shrub with very numerous snow-white flowers in panicled racemes.—adj. Fring′y ornamented with fringes.
Typist: Miranda
Examples
- To be so near him--though he was silent, though he did not touch so much as her scarf-fringe or the white hem of her dress--affected her like a spell. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A flush stole over Miss Sutherland's face, and she picked nervously at the fringe of her jacket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The southeastern fringe of it spoke French dialects; the bulk, Frisian, Dutch, and other Low German languages. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is only the nucleus that can be guessed at; the fringe which shades out into various degrees of respectability remains entirely unmeasured. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It came downstairs as I went up, said the trooper, and crossed the moonlighted window with a loose black mantle on; I noticed a deep fringe to it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Let the tank rest on inch boards with no opening under it, but in front; a fringe should hang in front for the chicks to run in and out under the tank. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Weeds and flowers spring from its massy arches and its circling seats, and vines hang their fringes from its lofty walls. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He was a delicate, bilious-looking, interesting child of eleven years of age, with large, pensive black eyes, and thick black fringes to them. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- A short walk brought us to a secluded road fringed with pleasant houses, each standing in its own grounds. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Goldenrod and asters fringed the mossy walls. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The candles lighted up Lord Steyne's shining bald head, which was fringed with red hair. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The water was brackish and the banks were fringed with timber. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The previous year she had made a dazzling debut fringed by a heavy thunder-cloud of bills. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The ottomans, which were uniformly placed, were covered with satin to correspond with the drapery, and fringed with silver. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The valleys are unsightly deserts fringed with a feeble vegetation that has an expression about it of being sorrowful and despondent. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Ahead of them was a reddish promontory running out into the calm waters, the trees fringing its crest like the mane of some wild animal. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Edited by Bridget