Frounce (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Frounced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Frouncing (?).] [OE. frouncen, fronsen, to told,
wrinkle, OF. froncier, F. froncer, perh. fr. an assumed
LL. frontiare to wrinkle the forehead, L. frons
forehead. See Front, and cf. Flounce part of a dress.]
To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form
wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair.
Not tricked and frounced, as she was
wont.
Milton.
Frounce, v. i. To form wrinkles in
the forehead; to manifest displeasure; to frown. [Obs.]
The Commons frounced and stormed.
Holland.
Frounce, n. 1. A
wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; -- also, a frown. [Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
2. An affection in hawks, in which white
spittle gathers about the hawk's bill. Booth.
