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noun

Friz n. (pl. frizzes) (Written also frizz) That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle. "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."

verb

Friz v. t. (past & past part. frizzed; pres. part. frizzing) (Written also frizz)

To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp. "With her hair frizzed short up to her ears."

To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.

(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.

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Etymology of 'Friz'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Friz" Quotes from Famous Books

... the street." "Practical Plumber" now is he, As witnesseth his sign, And ready now to undertake Repairs in any line. One day a housemaid, as he sat At the receipt of biz, Came crying, "Ho, Sir Smith, Sir Smith, Sir Jones's pipes is friz." He girt his apron round his loins, His tools took from the shelf, And to the journeyman he said, "I'll ...

— Humour of the North • Lawrence J. Burpee

... This morning the water friz on my sprinkling-brush, and I turned as stiff as a mummy in my chair at the church-door. Ah, my boy! a distributor of holy water ...

— The Wandering Jew, Complete • Eugene Sue

... but—wait a minute, Till I've warmed me with a run. That will stir my circulation; For the moment I am "friz." ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 26, 1892 • Various

... Friendship amikeco. Frigate fregato. Fright timo. Frighten timigi. Frightful terura. Frigid glaciiga. Fringe frangxo. Frisk salteti. Fritter fritajxo. Frivolity vaneteco. [Error in book: vanetco] Frivolous malserioza. Friz (curl) frizi. Frock-coat frako. Frog rano. Frolic petoleco. Frolicsome petolema. Front antauxa flanko. Frontier landlimo. Frost frosto. Froth sxauxmo. Froward malvirta. Frown sulkigi. Fructify fruktodoni. Frugal sxparema. Fruit ...

— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes