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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FRIZ'ZLE, v.t. To curl; to crisp; as hair.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: fry something until it curls and becomes crisp
2: curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (frizzled; frizzling) Etymology: probably akin to Old Frisian fr?sle curl Date: 1573 frizz, curl II. noun Date: 1613 a crisp curl III. verb (frizzled; frizzling) Etymology: 1fry + sizzle Date: 1839 transitive verb 1. to fry until crisp and curled 2. burn, scorch intransitive verb to cook with a sizzling noise

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v.intr. & tr. 1 fry, toast, or grill, with a sputtering noise. 2 (often foll. by up) burn or shrivel. Etymology: frizz (in the same sense) f. FRY(1), with imit. ending + -LE(4) 2. v. & n. --v. 1 tr. form (hair) into tight curls. 2 intr. (often foll. by up) (of hair etc.) curl tightly. --n. frizzled hair. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn. (earlier than FRIZZ)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Frizzle Friz"zle, 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. 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's 1913 Dictionary

Frizzle Friz"zle, 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. To frizzle up, to crinkle or crisp excessively.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Frizzle Friz"zle, n. A curl; a lock of hair crisped. --Milton.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Curl, crisp, frieze, frizz.

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