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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
| [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] frenge, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, from [[Latin]] fimbriae (plural) | | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] frenge, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, from [[Latin]] fimbriae (plural) |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1: an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band | | *1: an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| *2a : something resembling a fringe : edge, [[periphery]] —often used in plural <operated on the fringes of the [[law]]> | | *2a : something resembling a fringe : edge, [[periphery]] —often used in plural <operated on the fringes of the [[law]]> |
| :b : one of various [[light]] or dark bands produced by the [[interference]] or [[diffraction]] of [[light]] | | :b : one of various [[light]] or dark bands produced by the [[interference]] or [[diffraction]] of [[light]] |
− | :c : an area bordering a putting green on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_course golf course] with grass trimmed longer than on the green itself | + | :c : an area bordering a putting green on a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_course golf course] with grass trimmed longer than on the green itself |
| *3a : something that is marginal, additional, or secondary to some [[activity]], [[process]], or subject <a fringe sport> | | *3a : something that is marginal, additional, or secondary to some [[activity]], [[process]], or subject <a fringe sport> |
| :b : a [[group]] with marginal or extremist views | | :b : a [[group]] with marginal or extremist views |