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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century;

2. sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fraise \Fraise\, v. t. (Mil.) To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward. --Wilhelm. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fraise \Fraise\, n. [See Froise.] A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. [Obs.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fraise \Fraise\, n. [F. fraise, orig., a ruff, cf. F. frise frieze, E. frieze a coarse stuff.] 1. (Fort.) A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mech.) A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Froise \Froise\, n. [OE. froise cf. F. froisser to bruise, E. frush to bruise,] A kind of pancake. See 1st Fraise. [Written also fraise.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fraise n 1: a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century 2: sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes