Hypertext Webster Gateway: "frizzle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Frizzle \Friz"zle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Frizzled}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Frizzling}.] [Freq. of an imitative word frizz, in
dial. use.]
1. To fry, toast, or broil with a sputtering sound to cook
with a sizzling noise. Also fig. --Hawthorne.
2. To cook, in certain way, so as to curl or crinkle up.
Drain and heat it [shaved smoked beef] in one
tablespoonful of hot butter, to curl or frizzle it.
--Mrs. Lincoln
(Cook Book).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Frizzle \Friz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frizzled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Frizzling}.] [Dim. of {friz}.]
To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle. --Gay.
{To frizzle up}, to crinkle or crisp excessively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Frizzle \Friz"zle\, n.
A curl; a lock of hair crisped. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
frizzle
v 1: fry something until its curls and becomes crisp
2: curl tightly, of hair [syn: {crimp}, {crape}, {frizz}, {kink
up}, {kink}]
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