Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fringing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fringe \Fringe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fringed}; p. pr. & vb. a.
{Fringing}.]
To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.
Precipices fringed with grass. -- Bryant.
{Fringing reef}. See {Coral reefs}, under {Coral}.
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