To furnish or ornament with furbelows or elaborate embellishments.
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A piece of stuff plaited and puckered on a gown or petticoat; a plaited or puffed flounce; the plaited border of a petticoat or skirt.
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Hence An elaborate adornment of any kind.
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The Laminaria bulbosa, a species of seaweed having a large wrinkled frond, found on the coasts of England.
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Some part or process like a fringe or flounce.