Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Frizzes"
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.
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