Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fringed"
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fringed \Fringed\, a.
Furnished with a fringe.
{Fringed lear} (Bot.), a leaf edged with soft parallel hairs.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fringed
adj 1: surrounded as with a border or fringe; sometimes used in
combination; "a large suburban community...fringed by
an industrial area"; "a grass-fringed stream"
2: having a decorative edging of hanging cords or strips
3: having edges irregularly and finely slashed; "a laciniate
leaf" [syn: {laciniate}]
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