frilling
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frilling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
frill \frill\ (fr[i^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. frilled
(fr[i^]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. frilling.] [OF. friller, fr. L.
frigidulus somewhat cold, dim. of frigidus cold; akin to F.
frileux chilly.]
1. To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills.
--Johnson.
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2. (Photog.) To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film.
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