1. (v. i.) To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair.

2. (v. i.) To form wrinkles in the forehead; to manifest displeasure; to frown.

3. (n.) A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; -- also, a frown.

4. (n.) An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill.