frounce

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to curl
A canker in the mouth of a hawk
to crease, wrinkle
{v} to curl the hair
{n} a disorder, a wart
{f} wrinkle one's brow in displeasure or anger, scowl, frown; gather into or decorate with plaits (as a dress); form wrinkles
To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair
To form wrinkles in the forehead; to manifest displeasure; to frown
A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; also, a frown
An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill
frounce

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    () From Middle English frouncen from Old French froncir "to wrinkle, frown", of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hrunkja "a wrinkle" from Proto-Germanic *xrunkjō, *xrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Akin to Old High German runza "fold, wrinkle, crease" (German Runzel "wrinkle"), Middle Dutch ronse "frown", Old Norse hrukka "wrinkle, crease" (Icelandic hrukka "wrinkle, crease, ruck"). More at ruck2.