单词 | frowze |
释义 | † frowzen. Obsolete. ? A wig of frizzed hair worn by women. Also frowze-tower, fruz-tower. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair > curled or frizzed frowze1563 frizzle1618 frizz1668 feather-top1775 fuzz-wig1848 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 919/2 Her two gentlewomen..helped her of therwith, [sc. with a gown] and also with her frowes paste and neckerchefe. 1670 Lady M. Bertie in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 21 Some ware all small ribban, others brode ribbans..and all frowzes of their owen haire. 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode i. i. 3 This fine Woman I'le lay my life..has adorn'd her baldness with A large white Fruz. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. iii. 35 The Mother, [bought] a great Fruz-Towr, and a Fat-Amber-Necklace. 1710 Brit. Apollo 13–15 Feb. This filthy Fruz I ne'er shall brook. 1724 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius at Anthiæ Bull-tour, a woman's forelock, frouze. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). frowzev. Obsolete exc. dialect. transitive. To curl, frizz, ruffle, rumple. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > corrugate [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle or crease frounce1390 frumple1398 crunklec1400 plighta1425 crinklec1430 crimple1440 rimple1440 rivel1543 wrinkle1543 crease1588 shrivel1609 befrumple1611 frowze1611 wrimple1611 pucker1616 furl1689 ruck1706 runkle1720 crink1821 furrow1853 crumple1858 ruckle1866 bumfle1911 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Increspare, to crispe, to curle, to frouze. Also to wrimple. 1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words Frowze, to rumple. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1563v.1611 |
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