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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fraise \Fraise\, n. [See {Froise}.] A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it [Obs.] --Johnson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. (Mech.) A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fraise \Fraise\, v. t. (Mil.) To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward. --Wilhelm. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Froise \Froise\, n. [OE. froise cf F. froisser to bruise, E. frush to bruise,] A kind of pancake. See 1st {Fraise}. [Written also {fraise}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fraise n 1: a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century 2: sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes
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