friz

n.; pl. Frizzes That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle. [ Written also frizz. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) See 1st Frieze. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Firearms) A movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. frisette curl. ] A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ Partly imitative, but cf. Fry. ] To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. & n. See Friz, v. t. & n. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

To frizzle up, to crinkle or crisp excessively. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]