frill

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FRILL, noun [infra.] An edging of fine linen on the bosom of a shirt or other similar thing; a ruffle. FRILL, verb intransitive To shake; to quake; to shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills. FIRM, adjective Flourishing. [Not in use.]
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