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trap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves.

r jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Folding chairFolding door, one of two or more doors filling a single and hung upon hinges.

A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle.

he hand hammer. -- Fore leg, one of the front legs of a quadruped, or multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc. -- Fore peak (Naut.), the angle within a ship's bows; the portion of the hold which is farthest forward. -- Fore piece, a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress.…

Aristotle, standing in the forefront for all time, the masters of those who know. J. C. Shairp.

The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head.

The past; the time before the present. "A very dim foretime." J. C. Shairp.

The hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse.

lacable; as, a forgiving temper. -- For*giv"ing*ly, adv. -- For*giv"ing*ness, n. J. C. Shairp.

, cut into angles and rhomboids. W. Irwing. She took off the formal cap that confined her hair. Hawthorne.

fox wedge. -- Fox brush (Zoöl.), the tail of a fox. -- Fox evil, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy. -- Fox grape (Bot.), the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape (Vitis Labrusca) is the origin of the varieties called Isabella, Concord, Hartford, etc., and the southern fox grape…

ss or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair. A fret of gold she had next her hair. Chaucer. Fret saw, a saw with a long, narrow blade, used in cutting frets, scrolls, etc.; a scroll saw; a keyhole saw; a compass saw.

A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal. See Frilled lizard (below).

Furnished with a fringe. Fringed lear (Bot.), a leaf edged with soft parallel hairs.

a fringe of hair or curls worn about the forehead by women.

A hairdresser.

The dressing of the hair by crisping or curling. Smollett.

To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp. With her hair frizzed short up to her ears. Pepys.

A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.

To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle. Gay. To frizzle up, to crinkle or crisp excessively.