Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Frizz"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Frizz \Frizz\, v. t. & i. [Partly imitative, but cf. {Fry}.]
To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Friz \Friz\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frizzed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Frizzing}.] [Cf. F. friser to curl, crisp, frizzle, to raise
the nap (on certain stuffs); prob.akin to OFries. frisle hair
of the head. Cf. {Frieze} kind of cloth.] [Written also
{frizz}.]
1. To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping
pin; to crisp.
With her hair frizzed short up to her ears. --Pepys.
2. To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as
the nap of cloth.
3. (Leather Manufacture) To soften and make of even thickness
by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
{Frizzing machine}.
(a) (Fabrics) A machine for frizzing the surface of cloth.
(b) (Wood Working) A bench with a revolving cutter head
slightly protruding above its surface, for dressing
boards.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Friz \Friz\, n.; pl. {Frizzes}.
That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig;
a frizzle. [Written also {frizz}.]
He [Dr. Johnson], who saw in his glass how his wig
became his face and head, might easily infer that a
similar fullbottomed, well-curled friz of words would
be no less becoming to his thoughts. --Hare.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Frizz \Frizz\, v. t. & n.
See {Friz}, v. t. & n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
frizz
v : curl tightly, of hair [syn: {crimp}, {crape}, {frizzle}, {kink
up}, {kink}]
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