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frounces

frounces is the plural of frounce.

Meaning of frounce

Noun

frounce (plural frounces)

  1. A canker in the mouth of a hawk.
    • The hawke had no lyst
      To come to his fyst;
      She loked as she had the frounce; […]c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 64, lines 83–85
  2. A plait or curl.

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Questions about frounces

What is frounces the plural of?
Frounces is the plural of frounce.

Words near frounces in the dictionary

  1. froufrous
  2. frought
  3. froughy
  4. frounce
  5. frounced
  6. frounces
  7. frouncing
  8. froup
  9. froups
  10. frousier
  11. frousiest

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