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A wrinkle; a fold; as, the rugæ of the stomach.

Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled. Dana.

Having the power of contracting into wrinkles. Johnson.

drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead. Corrugated iron, sheet iron bent into a series of alternate ridges and grooves in parallel lines, giving it greater stiffness. -- Corrugated paper, a thick, coarse paper corrugate…

The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.

A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles.

Freed from wrinkles; smooth.

wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time. I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions. Milton.

The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful management of anything valuable which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose; thrift; --- opposed to extravagance. Frugality is founded on the principle that all riches have limits. Burke.

Thriftily; prudently.

, n. Quality of being frugal; frugality.

Not frugal; wasteful; as, an infrugal expense of time. J. Goodman.

To wrinkle. [Obs.]

An endemic disease occurring in the Andes in Peru, characterized by warty tumors which ulcerate and bleed. It is probably due to a special bacillus, and is often fatal.

In a chary manner; carefully; cautiously; frugally.

Careful; wary; cautious; not rash, reckless, or spendthrift; saving; frugal. His rising reputation made him more chary of his fame. Jeffrey.

Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.

aits, he will revert to the customs; but he that cleareth by degrees induceth a habit of frugality. Bacon.

sh; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction. One frugal supper did our studies close. Dryden.

Drawing together; contracting; -- said of the corrugator. [Obs.]