frounce
frounce · frounces
A canker in the mouth of a hawkA canker in the mouth of a hawk.
/fɹaʊns/
Meaning
2 sensesA canker in the mouth of a hawk.
A plait or curl.
Origin
From Middle English frouncen, from Old French froncir "to wrinkle, frown", from Frankish *From Middle English frouncen, from Old French froncir "to wrinkle, frown", from Frankish *hrunkiju (“a wrinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
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