Part 4598

<blockquote>With her hair <b>frizzed</b> short up to her ears. <i>Pepys.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Leather Manufacture)</fld> <def>To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.</def>

<cs><col>Frizzing machine</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Fabrics)</fld> <cd>A machine for frizzing the surface of cloth.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Wood Working)</fld> <cd>A bench with a revolving cutter head slightly protruding above its surface, for dressing boards.</cd></cs>

<h1>Friz</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Friz</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Frizzes</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>frizz</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>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 <b>friz</b> of words would be no less becoming to his thoughts. <i>Hare.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Frize</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Frize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>See 1st <er>Frieze</er>.</def>

<h1>Frizel</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Friz"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Firearms)</fld> <def>A movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Frizette</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Fri*zette"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>frisette</ets> curl.]</ety> <def>A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.</def>

<h1>Frizz</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Frizz</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & n.</tt> <def>See <er>Friz</er>, <tt>v. t. & n.</tt></def>

<h1>Frizzle</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Friz"zle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Frizzled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Frizzling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Dim. of <er>friz</er>.]</ety> <def>To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle.</def>

<i>Gay.</i>

<cs><col>To frizzle up</col>, <cd>to crinkle or crisp excessively.</cd></cs>

<h1>Frizzle</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Friz"zle</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A curl; a lock of hair crisped.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Frizzlez</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Friz"zlez`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who frizzles.</def>

<h1>Frizzly, Frizzy</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw><hw>Friz"zly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Friz"zy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Curled or crisped; <as>as, <ex>frizzly</ex>, hair</as>.</def>

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