Fringe

Definition: Fringe

Fringe

Adjective

1. At or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of beach".

Noun

1. The outside boundary or surface of something.

2. A part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city".

3. Edging consisting of hanging threads or tassels.

Verb

1. Adorn with a fringe.

2. Decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe; "fur fringed the hem of the dress".

Date "fringe" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	FRINGE C. Katz, GE, 1961. Subcomponent of GE-255 GECOM system. Sorting and merging of data, reports and file maintenance. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Literature	Fringe The Jews wore fringes to their garments. These fringes on the garments of the priests were accounted sacred, and were touched by the common people as a charm. Hence the desire of the woman who had the issue of blood to touch the fringe of our Lord's garment. (Matt. ix. 20-22.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A fringe is an ornamental appendage to the border of an item. It originally consisted of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric. More commonly it is made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
FRINGE	English	File and Report Information Processing Generator	N/A
FRIBS	English	Fringe bodies	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Fringe

Synonyms: edge(a) (adj), fringe(a) (adj), fringy (adj), marginal (adj), outer boundary (n), outskirt (n), periphery (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Edge	Frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp.
Exaggeration	Noun: exaggeration; expansion; hyperbole, stretch, strain, coloring; high coloring, caricature, caricatura; extravagance; (nonsense); Baron Munchausen; men in buckram, yarn, fringe, embroidery, traveler's tale; fish story, gooseberry
Ornament	Embroidery; brocade, brocatelle, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming; hanging, tapestry, arras; millinery, ermine; drap d'or.
Roughness	Plumage, plumosity; plume, panache, crest; feather, tuft, fringe, toupee.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Alligators don't have that little fringe on their hind leg. (Jumanji; writing credit: Greg Taylor)
Movie/TV Titles	Fringe Benefits (1974) Before the Fringe (1967) Beyond the Fringe (1964) The Fringe of Society (1917) Tachyon: The Fringe (2000)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Inca: The Scarlet Fringe (reference) On the Fringe (reference) Out of the Fringe (reference) Payne Hollow, Life on the Fringe of Society (reference) Terrific Tassels & Fabulous Fringe (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	On The Fringe (reference) (more periodical examples) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Beyond The Fringe (1961 Original London Cast) [CAST RECORDING] (reference) Self-Indulgent Music: Lunatic Fringe Series (reference) The Fringe in New York (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	One net out while a second net remains on the real during trawling operations. Yellow fringe lines on cod end of net on reel is chaffing gear that protects cod end from abrasion on bottom. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Project Vortex - on the fringe of a downburst. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).
	Study with portrait of woman in Elizabethan dress, over fireplace, fringe lamp at right, and buffalo statue on left; elk head on wall and grandfather clock in background, in home of Edmund Cogswell Converse, Greenwich, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress.		Housing for rapidly growing settlement of lettuce workers on fringe of town, Salinas, California. These houses are built by the occupants, most of them recent migrants from the Southwest. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Father and son, recent migrants to California, building house in rapidly growing settlement of lettuce workers on fringe of town. Salinas, California. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	After having crossed the belt of the multitude and passed the fringe of troops, he found himself in the midst of something terrible.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	He kept on the fringe of his line, out of sight of his prefect, out of the reach of the rude feet, feigning to run now and then.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	The fluviatile trees next the shore are the slender eyelashes which fringe it, and the wooded hills and cliffs around are its overhanging brows.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The risk of exposure to ticks is greatest in the woods and garden fringe areas of properties, but ticks may also be carried into lawns and gardens by animals. (references)
Business		These stores mainly sell their own brands and have begun to concentrate on more fringe areas. (references)
		In practice, however only a small number of workers with high technical skills can negotiate effectively on salary and fringe benefits. (references)
		Sales in this fringe category have rocketed by almost 30 percent between 1996 and 1998. These products -- which include royal jelly and glucosamine sulfate -- have benefited from fashion trends, such as increased consumer demand for so-called natural supplements. (references)
Civil Liberties	Uganda	Complaints by Muslim groups of government bias lessened during the year; however, the backlash from the death of more than 1,000 citizens at the hands of a religious cult in 2000 resulted in negative public attitudes towards fringe Christian groups and the Government's forcible disbanding of some groups. (references)
Economic History	Taiwan	Fringe benefits often include meals, transportation and dormitory housing. (references)
	Austria	Collective bargaining revolves mainly around wage adjustments, fringe benefits, and reduction of the work week. (references)
Human Rights	Colombia	In July 2000, a representative of the NGO Doctors without Borders was kidnaped by a fringe guerrilla group. (references)
	India	In Tripura a systematic surrender of arms by a faction of NLFT insurgents and NLFT fringe groups is due to the increased security pressure and to infighting within NLFT insurgent ranks. (references)
Minorities	Romania	The fringe press continued to publish anti-Semitic articles. (references)
Political Economy	BOLIVIA	The 2001 minimum wage was established at Bs 400 per month (approximately $60), including bonuses and fringe benefits. (references)
	TURKEY	In recent years, fringe benefits have accounted for as much as two-thirds of total remuneration in the industrial sector. (references)
	EGYPT	Base pay is supplemented by a complex system of fringe benefits and bonuses that may double or triple a worker's take-home pay. (references)
Political Rights	Kenya	Due to greater fragmentation, the opposition was perceived widely to pose less of a challenge to Moi's reelection than it had in 1992. Opposition candidates won 60 percent of the vote, but these votes were split among four main and several fringe parties, thereby enabling Moi to win reelection for another 5-year term and giving KANU a narrow majority in the unicameral National Assembly. (references)
Worker Rights	United Kingdom	Previously it was legal for employers to withhold fringe benefits otherwise available to nonunion employees. (references)
	Gabon	All companies in the modern wage sector pay competitive wages and grant generous fringe benefits required by law, including maternity leave and 6 weeks of annual paid vacation. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Benjamin Harrison	1889-1893	That which was the body has come to be only the rich fringe of the nation's robe.
Calvin Coolidge	1923-1929	The narrow fringe of States along the Atlantic seaboard advanced its frontiers across the hills and plains of an intervening continent until it passed down the golden slope to the Pacific.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Fringe" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.30% of the time. "Fringe" is used about 807 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	95.3%	769	8,941
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.73%	14	93,893
Noun (proper)	1.24%	10	111,207
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.87%	7	133,076
Noun (common)	0.74%	6	143,867
Unclassified Items	0.12%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	807	N/A

Expressions using "fringe": fringe area ♦ fringe belt ♦ fringe benefit ♦ fringe benefits ♦ fringe bush ♦ fringe cups ♦ fringe effect ♦ fringe group ♦ fringe of skerries ♦ fringe tree ♦ fringe upon smth. ♦ fringe water ♦ fringe well ♦ ice fringe ♦ Interference fringe ♦ lunatic fringe ♦ mountain fringe ♦ Salaries and Fringe Benefits ♦ urban fringe ♦ vortex fringe ♦ with a lot of fringe. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "fringe": fringe-flicking, fringe-groups, fringe-length, fringe-meeting, fringe-micelle, fringe-toed lizard.
	Ending with "fringe": donkey-fringe, ear-fringe, urban-fringe.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "fringe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		rand (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, rand, rim). (various references)

Albanian		flokë (tress), thekë (awn, pile, stamen, tassel), thek (awn, Brown, fall in flakes, Pierce, pile, put on speed, stamen, strike, tassel, toast), periferi (commuter belt, environs, Faubourg, outskirts, periphery, suburb), ekstrem (extreme, hard), dytësor (accessory, secondary, side), anësor (collateral, lateral, marginal, peripheral, secondary, side, sidelong, sideways, wing, winger). (various references)

Arabic		‏في الهامش, ‏في ألاطراف, ‏مجموعة مهمشة, ‏هدب (flounce, frill, hem), ‏حافة (board, border, brim, brink, edge, hem, ledge, lip, margin, plinth, rim, verge), ‏الحدود (border), ‏شراريب القماش. (various references)

Bulgarian		украсявам с ресни, ръб (arris, board, border, brim, brink, crease, edge, flange, fold, hem, keel, ledge, limb, list, margin, rand, rib, ridge, rim, shoulder, side), ресна (thrum), ограждам (circumscribe, enclose, fence, fence in, hedge, hem, rail, roll up), нещо несъществено (accidental, inessential), най-отдалечен край, елементарни положения, бретон, покрайнини (outskirts, periphery, purlieus, suburbs), повърхност (sheet, side, stretch, superficies, surface, top), пискюл (pendant, pompom, pompon, tassel, thrum, tuft). (various references)

Chinese		边缘 (Edge, Edging, Verge), 蕤 (overladen with flowers), 邊緣 (borderline, brink, edge, marginal, periphery, verge), 邊沿 (edge), 緣飾 , 縿 (ornament of banner). (various references)

Czech		třepení (fraying), třáseò, periferie, okraj (border, brim, brink, edge, end, lap, margin, periphery, rim, verge, welt), ofina (bang), lemovat (bind, border, hem, tie up). (various references)

Danish		kant (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, rand, rim). (various references)

Dutch		franje (frindge). (various references)

Esperanto		rando (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, rand, rim). (various references)

Faeroese		frynsur, trom (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, rand, rim), rond (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, rand, rim), kantur (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, rand, rim). (various references)

Finnish		reuna (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, margin, rim). (various references)

French		frange (fringe tab). (various references)

German		franse (loose thread, strand of hair), rand (boarder, border, boundary, brim, brink, circle, edge, edging, lip, Marge, margin, outskirts, periphery, rand, rim, ring, side, tide-mark, top, verge), saum (border, bottom, brim, brink, edge, edging, hem, hemline, rim, seam, tuck), einfassung (border, cadre, edging, fence, frame, framework, hedge, Mount, setting, trimming, verge, wall). (various references)

Greek		κρόσσι. (various references)

Hebrew		לקשט (adorn, deck, decorate, garnish, ornament, trick out, trick up, trim), שפ�" (border, bordure, brim, edge, language, limit, lip, margin, shore, tongue), �'�"יל (festoon, strand, tassel, tuft), ציצית (forelock, frill, tassel), ציצ�" (blossom, pompon, tassel, tuft). (various references)

Hungarian		rojt (bobble, bunch, frazzle, tassel, thrum, tuft), bojt (bunch, tassel, tuft). (various references)

Icelandic		egg (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, egg, rim). (various references)

Indonesian		gombyok (tassel). (various references)

Italian		frangia (bangs, frindge), orlo (border, brim, brink, brow, edge, edging, hem, kerb, lip, outskirt, rand, rim, verge). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		フリップフロップ回路 (flint glass, flip-flop circuit, flute, frill, fruit, fruit parlor, fruit punch, fruit salad, fruit sauce, fruitcake, full, full count, full course, full install), 周縁 (rim). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		フリンジ , しゅうえ�" (demise, end of a performance, rim). (various references)

Korean		�"�린지. (various references)

Malay		tepi (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, rand, rim), pinggir (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, rand, rim). (various references)

Manx		frinje, cur frinje er, cur chemmal er (border, hem), chemmal (border, edge, edging, frieze, hem). (various references)

Norwegian		frynse, utkant, pannelugg, kante (line). (various references)

Papiamen		rant (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, rand, rim). (various references)

Pig Latin		ingefray

Portuguese		franja (bangs, bullion, frindge). (various references)

Romanian		franjuri (fringes), franjã, tivi cu ciucuri, tivi (border, fell, hem, list, selvage, Selvedge, whip), tiv (binding, edge, hem, seam), margine (abutment, bank, border, bounds, brim, brink, compass, curb, edge, edging, end, extremity, kerb, ledge, limit, list, Marge, margin, outskirts, periphery, precinct, rim, seam, termination, tether, verge), ciucure (pompon, Ravel, tassel, tuft), bordurã (binding, border, curb, curb-stone, edging, flange, frame, kerb, ledge, list, margin, trimming), împodobi (adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, caparison, deck, deck out, decorate, drape, dress, embellish, encrust, feather, fig, fig out, garnish, gild, grace, hang with, ornament, pink, prank, robe, set, smarten up, trap, trim). (various references)

Russian		окраина (edge, outskirts). (various references)

Scottish		oir (because that, border, brim, brink, edge, edging, for, lip, rand, rim), giobag , gibeag. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		resa (aglet, aiglet, catkin, gosling, thrum, tuft), krilo (ala, lap, pennon, pinion, wing), ivica (border, brim, brink, cant, edge, edging, flange, limb, lip, marge, margin, pallet, rand, rim, verge), granica (ambit, border, bound, boundary, butting, confine, frontier, limit, line, march), šiške. (various references)

Spanish		borde (baseboard, border, brim, brink, canvas, edge, edging, end, flange, limitation, lip, Mount, rim, side, skirting, term, trim, verge), franja (bar), fleco (tassel). (various references)

Sranan		lanki (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, rim). (various references)

Swedish		frans (pillar), marginal (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, margin, margine, rand, rim), lugg (nap, pile), kanta (befringe, bind, border, braid, edge, hem, line, rim), flik (edge, flap, lobe, patch, tab, tag). (various references)

Turkish		saçak, perçem, püskül, saçak takmak (thrum), saçak (canopy, chenille, eaves, entablature, falbala, falbelo, roof tree, tag, thrum, water table, whisk), pervaz (cincture, cornice, cyma, dressing, jamb, molding, moulding, reveal, rib, ribbon, shelf, sill, Wale, wheal), perçem (forelock, tag, tuft), püskül (beard, coma, tag, tassel, thrum, tuft), kenarını bastırmak (hem, overcast, skirt). (various references)

Turkmen		seзek. (various references)

Ukrainian		кайма (band, edging, skirting, welt), облямовувати (edge, welt), бахрома (knotting, macrame, thrum), прикрашати бахромою (thrum). (various references)

Vietnamese		phúc lợi phụ (fringe-benefit), phụ cấp ngo� i (fringe-benefit). (various references)

Welsh		ridens. (various references)

Yucatec		haal (base, basis, border, brim, brink, edge, edging, rim, side), chi' (aperture, border, brim, brink, edge, edging, mouth, opening, rim). (various references)

Zulu		irandi (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, rand, rim), ilirandi (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, rand, rim). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	fimbriam, fimbrias, fimbriis, labrum, limbus, ora, praetexunt. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	label. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Numbers Chapter 15, Verse 38
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Lalhson toiV uioiV israhl kai ereiV proV autouV kai poihsatwsan eautoiV kraspeda epi ta pterugia twn imatiwn autwn eiV taV geneaV autwn kai epiqhsete epi ta kraspeda twn pterugiwn klwsma uakinqinon
Latin	405	Vulgate	Loquere filiis Israhel et dices ad eos ut faciant sibi fimbrias per angulos palliorum ponentes in eis vittas hyacinthinas
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Spek to the sones of Yrael, and thou shalt seie to hem, that thei maken to hem hemmes bi foure corners of the mantils, puttynge in hem iacynctyn filetis;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Speake vnto the childern of Ysrael and byd them that they make them gardes apon the quarters of their garmetes thorow out their generacions ad let them make the gardes of ribandes of Iacyncte
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Speak to the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribin of blue:
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Say to the children of Israel that through all their generations they are to put on the edges of their robes an ornament of twisted threads, and in every ornament a blue cord;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Numbers Chapter 15, Verse 38
Cebuano	Isulti mo sa mga anak sa Israel, ug hangyoa sila nga managbuhat sila ug mga borlas sa mga sidsid sa ilang mga bisti ngadto sa ilang mga kaliwatan, ug magabutang sila sa tagsatagsa ka borlas sa mga sidsid ug usa ka sinawalo nga azul.
Croatian	"Govori Izraelcima i reci im: neka od naraštaja do naraštaja prave rese na skutovima svojih haljina, a za resu svakoga skuta neka privezuju ljubièastu vrpcu.
Danish	Tal til Israelitterne og sig til dem, at de Slægt efter Slægt skal sætte Kvaster på Fligene af deres Klæder, og at de på hver enkelt Kvast skal sætte en violet Purpursnor.
Dutch	Spreek tot de kinderen Israels, en zeg tot hen: Dat zij zich snoertjes maken aan de hoeken hunner klederen, bij hun geslachten; en op de snoertjes des hoeks zullen zij een hemelsblauwen draad zetten.
Finnish	"Puhu israelilaisille ja sano heille, että heidän on sukupolvesta sukupolveen tehtävä itsellensä tupsut viittojensa kulmiin ja sidottava kulmien tupsuihin punasininen lanka.
French	Parle aux enfants d`Israël, et dis-leur qu`ils se fassent, de génération en génération, une frange au bord de leurs vêtements, et qu`ils mettent un cordon bleu sur cette frange du bord de leurs vêtements.
German	Rede mit den Kindern Israel und sprich zu ihnen, daß sie sich Quasten machen an den Zipfeln ihrer Kleider samt allen ihren Nachkommen, und blaue Schnüre auf die Quasten an die Zipfel tun;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	mengatakan kepada bangsa Israel, "Buatlah rumbai-rumbai pada ujung-ujung pakaianmu dan ikatkan tali biru pada setiap rumbai. Itu harus kamu lakukan turun-temurun.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Katakanlah olehmu kepada segala bani Israel ini: Hendaklah diperbuatkannya akan dirinya rambu-rambu pada punca pakaiannya, turun-temurun, dan hendaklah ditambatkannya rambu-rambu itu pada punca itu dengan benang yang biru laut warnanya.
Italian	«Parla agli Israeliti e ordina loro che si facciano, di generazione in generazione, fiocchi agli angoli delle loro vesti e che mettano al fiocco di ogni angolo un cordone di porpora viola.
Maori	Koreroki nga tama a Iharaira, mea atu ki a ratou kia hanga etahi taniko mo ratou, mo nga taha o o ratou kakahu, puta noa i o ratou whakatupuranga, kia karapitia hoki te taniko o te pito ki te miro puru:
Norwegian	Tal til Israels barn og si til dem at de skal gjøre sig dusker på kantene av sine klær, slekt efter slekt, og de skal sette en blå snor på hver enkelt dusk.
Portuguese	Fala aos filhos de Israel, e dize-lhes que façam para si franjas nas bordas das suas vestes, pelas suas gerações; e que ponham nas franjas das bordas um cordão azul.
Rumanian	,,Vorbewte copiilor lui Israel, wi spune-le sq-wi facq, din neam kn neam, un ciucure la colyurile vewmintelor lor, wi sq punq un fir albastru peste ciucurele acesta din colyurile vewmintelor.
Swedish	Tala till Israels barn och säg till dem att de och deras efterkommande skola göra sig tofsar i hörnen på sina kläder och sätta ett mörkblått snöre på var hörntofs.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "fringe": fringed, fringes. (additional references)
	Words ending with "fringe": befringe, infringe. (additional references)
	Words containing "fringe": befringed, befringes, birefringence, birefringences, birefringent, infringed, infringement, infringements, infringer, infringers, infringes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Fringe" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: brynge, Eringen, Feige, Ferengi, feringhee, Ferrigno, f'ing, Firangi, firge, frage, frang, frange, Franja, frege, Frige, friget, Frigga, Friggebo, frin, Fring, fringer, froings, frong, frung, ringe. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "fringe" (pronounced fri"nj)
5	f r i" n j	infringe.
4	-r i" n j	cringe.
3	-i" n j	binge, hinge, impinge, singe, syringe, tinge, twinge, unhinge.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: finger.
	Words within the letters "e-f-g-i-n-r"
	-1 letter: feign, finer, grief, infer, reign, renig.
	-2 letters: fern, fine, fire, firn, frig, gien, girn, grin, neif, reif, rein, rife, ring.
	-3 letters: eng, erg, ern, fen, fer, fie, fig, fin, fir, gen, gie, gin, ire, ref, reg, rei, rif, rig, rin.
	-4 letters: ef, en, er, if, in, ne, re.
	Words containing the letters "e-f-g-i-n-r"
	+1 letter: fearing, feigner, fingers, flinger, foreign, freeing, fringed, fringes, gunfire, kerfing, reefing, reffing.
	+2 letters: befinger, befringe, briefing, feigners, ferrying, feruling, fevering, figurine, finagler, fingered, fingerer, firefang, fleering, flingers, florigen, forewing, forgiven, freaking, freezing, freshing, fretting, frighten, fringier, gentrify, gunfires, hangfire, infringe, offering, refacing, refiling, refining, refiring, refixing, reflying, refrying, refuging, refusing, refuting, reifying, wafering.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100111 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0072 0069 006E 0067 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
fringe	198	dress fringe	16
beaded fringe	82	bullion fringe	16
fringe festival	76	festival fringe new york	15
fringe benefit	60	ball fringe	15
lunatic fringe	55	fringe benefit management	15
fringe tree	48	brush fringe	14
edinburgh festival fringe	48	festival fringe hamilton	14
edmonton festival fringe	41	chinese fringe tree	13
tachyon the fringe	36	fabric fringe	13
festival fringe toronto	33	fringe loop	12
ottawa fringe festival	33	bead fringe	11
fringe benefit management company	32	fabric fringe tassel upholstery	11
festival fringe montreal	31	beyond the fringe	10
festival fringe winnipeg	25	fringe toronto	10
fringe with tassel	24	surrey with the fringe on top	9
edinburgh fringe	24	fringe shawl	9
edmonton fringe	21	fringe lunatic red rider	9
fringe trim	20	festival fringe saskatoon	9
chainette fringe	19	curtain fringe metallic	9
fringe montreal	17	fringe tree white	8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Fringe

Definition: Fringe

Fringe

Adjective

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: Fringe

Specialty Definition: Fringe

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Fringe

FRINGE

Synonyms: Fringe

Synonyms within Context: Fringe

Edge

Exaggeration

Ornament

Roughness

Crosswords: Fringe

Modern Usage: Fringe

Screenplays

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Fringe

Books

Periodicals

Music

Image Slideshow: Fringe

Photos:Fringe

Illustrations:Fringe

Computer Images:Fringe

Photo Album: Fringe

Use in Literature: Fringe

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Fringe

Speeches: Fringe

Benjamin Harrison

Calvin Coolidge

Usage Frequency: Fringe

Expressions: Fringe

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fringe

Modern Translation: Fringe

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Photos:
Fringe

Illustrations:
Fringe

Computer Images:
Fringe