fraise

fraise is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.(Fort.) A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
  2. 2.(Mech.) A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.
  3. 3.To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward. Wilhelm.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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