fringedadj.
/frɪn(d)ʒd/, U.S. /frɪndʒd/ Furnished with a fringe; adorned with or as with a fringe.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [adjective] > bordering or edging > fringe
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yfrendg'de1594
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [adjective] > having an edge or border > of specific kind > specific
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hard-edged1589
feathery1792
brown-edged1830
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vallate1878
thick-rimmed1976
1495 Wills Doct. Com. (Camden) 4 Twoo curteyns of whit sarcenet fringed.
1552 Church Goods in H. A. Lee-Dillon Calais & Pale (1892) 97 Foure quesshinges, one of reede frynged silke.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 411 The fringed Curtaines of thine eye aduance. View more context for this quotation
1654–5 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. vii. 22 4s. for a black fringed belt.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 262 The fringed Bank with Myrtle crownd. View more context for this quotation
a1775 Hobie Noble in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) IV. vii. clxxxix. 2/1 He has pulld out his fringed grey.
1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) II. 380 Flowers 3 or 4 together, included in a membranaceous fringed sheath.
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 369 The margin of their wings is fringed.
1882 Garden 24 June 437/2 The old and pretty Fringed Pink.
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fringed gentian n. = Gentiana crinata.
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1844 J. R. Lowell Poems 12 More sad than cheery, making, in good sooth, Like the fringed gentian, a late autumn spring.
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