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.
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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.
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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.
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2. (Mech.) A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a
small milling cutter.
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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.]
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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