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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.

Moby Thesaurus

bake, barbecue, baste, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, coddle, cook, crimp, curl, curry, devil, do, do to perfection, fire, fricassee, frizz, fry, griddle, grill, heat, lock, oven-bake, pan, pan-broil, parboil, poach, ponytail, prepare, prepare food, ringlet, roast, saute, scallop, sear, shirr, simmer, steam, stew, stir-fry, toast