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Frizzle v. t. & v. i. (past & past part. frizzled; pres. part. frizzling)

To fry, toast, or broil with a sputtering sound to cook with a sizzling noise. Also fig.

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."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Frizzle" Quotes from Famous Books

... afterward known as Wahb, sprawled over on his back and began to worry a root that stuck up, grumbling to himself as he chewed it, or slapped it with his paw for not staying where he wanted it. Presently Mooney, the mischief, began tugging at Frizzle's ears, and got his own well boxed. They clenched for a tussle; then, locked in a tight, little grizzly yellow ball, they sprawled over and over on the grass, and, before they knew it, down a bank, and away out of sight ...

— The Biography of a Grizzly • Ernest Seton-Thompson

... Ain' nobody want to drink out no tub you wash your snotty nose in. Fetch yourself in dere to de fire en dry yourself fore you is catch a death of cold. Gwine on, boy. Don' stand dere en watch me like a frizzle chicken. Dere Mr. John Fortune comin now. I gwine tell him to catch Possum ...

— Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 1 • Various

... neither convincing nor in good taste. He asked the voters if they were willing to submit to "petticoat government," and permit a "lot of boarding-school girls, with more boldness than modesty" to dictate the policies of the community. "These frizzle-headed females," continued the circular, "are trying to make your wives and daughters as rebellious and unreasonable as they are themselves; but no man of sense will permit a woman to influence his vote. It is a disgrace to this district that Mr. Forbes ...

— Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work • Edith Van Dyne

... try to dry it in front of the fire, and there'd be a pretty eight-shilling frizzle! But the way is this: First sweep the wet brush downwards with all your force, just as you shake the worst of the wet off a dripping umbrella, then take the handle of the brush between the palms of your hands, with the hair pointing downwards, and rub your hands smartly together, ...

— Stained Glass Work - A text-book for students and workers in glass • C. W. Whall

Words linked to "Frizzle" : preparation, frizz, kink up, crape, cooking, wave, fry