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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)  
1.
To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp. "With her hair frizzed short up to her ears."
2.
To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
3.
(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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"Friz" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'Bout as hot As the ole Gran'-Jury room Where they sot!— Fight 'twixt Mike an' Dock McGriff— 'Pears to me jes' like as if I'd a dremp' the whole blame thing— Allus ha'nts me roun' the gizzard When they're nightmares on the wing, An' a feller's blood's jes' friz! Seed the row from a to izzard— 'Cause I wuz a-standin' as clost to 'em As me ...
— Pipes O'Pan at Zekesbury • James Whitcomb Riley

... cuts in the north side, if the tree's big enough, and if it ain't, only make one or two cuts in the south side of the tree; and for the sap to run good it had ought to be that kind o' weather when it freezes in the day and thaws by night;—I would say!—when it friz in the night and thaws in the day; the sap runs more bountifully in that kind ...
— Queechy • Susan Warner



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