Definition of Fraying

1. n. The skin which a deer frays from his horns.

Definition of Fraying

1. Verb. (present participle of fray) ¹

2. Noun. The skin which a deer frays from its horns. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fraying

1. something worn off by rubbing [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fraying

1. The skin which a deer frays from his horns. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fraying

fraughter
fraughting
fraughts
fraulein
frauleins
fraunhofer lines
fraus
frautage
frautages
fraxin
fraxinella
fraxinellas
fraxinus
fray
frayed
fraying (current term)
frayings
fraynen
frayproof
frays
frazil
frazils
frazzle
frazzled
frazzledness
frazzles
frazzling
freak accident
freak accidents

Literary usage of Fraying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: A Handbook for Amateur Bookbinders by Douglas Cockerell (1901)
"CHAPTER VIII fraying out Slips—Glueing up—Rounding and Backing fraying OUT SLIPS AND GLUEING UP fraying out AFTER sewing, the book should be looked Glueing ..."

2. It's Democracy, Stupid: An Agenda for Self-government by Tom Bentley (2001)
"Why, even for those who are succeeding, does society still seem to fraying at the edges? In short, why do we feel so bad? The reason is that the model of ..."

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