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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Frounce

· IPA /fɹaʊns/
01 v. i. To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair.
imp. & p. p. Frounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Frouncing
  1. 1.
    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.
02 v. i. To form wrinkles in the forehead; to manifest displeasure; to frown.
  1. 1.
    To form wrinkles in the forehead; to manifest displeasure; to frown.[Obs.]
    “The Commons frounced and stormed.” — Holland.
03 n. A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; -- also, a frown.
  1. 1.
    A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; -- also, a frown.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill.