frounce /fɹaʊns/verb 3noun 2forms 3 verb3 •To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress. •(rare) To crease, wrinkle, to frown.He frounced his brow, and from his scornful eye Shot wrath indignant, and disdain and pride, — 1871 •(rare) To curl.Beard untrimmed by barber's shears, Hair all frouncing 'bout his ears, — 1879 noun2 •A plait or curl. •A canker in the mouth of a hawk.The hawke had no lyst To come to his fyst; She loked as she had the frounce; […] — 1503 formsfrounced · frouncing · frounces
