v. t.
Precipices fringed with grass. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fringing reef.
n. [ OF, fringe, F. frange, prob. fr. L. fimbria fiber, thread, fringe, cf. fibra fiber, E. fiber, fimbriate. ]
The confines of grace and the fringes of repentance. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Furnished with a fringe. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fringed lear (Bot.),
a. Having no fringe. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Encircling like a fringe; bordering. [ R. ] “The fringent air.” Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles.
. A small oleaceous tree (Chionanthus virginica), of the southern United States, having clusters of snow-white flowers with slender petals. It is often cultivated. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]