Definition of Frayings

1. Noun. (plural of fraying) ¹

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Definition of Frayings

1. fraying [n] - See also: fraying

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frayings

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

Literary usage of Frayings

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

1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"... or to cause the pills, or frayings, of her new horns to come off. See Ben Jonson, vi. 255. (3) To attack; to quarrel. Also an attack or affray. North. ..."

2. The Animal-lore of Shakespeare's Time: Including Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles by Emma Phipson (1883)
"The slot of a deer is the print of his feet in the ground ; entries are places through which the deer has lately passed, which indicate his size ; frayings ..."

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