frizz
    n 1: the condition of being formed into small tight curls; "her
         hair was in a frizz"
    v 1: curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: crimp, crape,
         frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink]

Friz \Friz\, n.; pl. Frizzes.
   That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig;
   a frizzle. [Written also frizz.]
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         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.     --Hare.
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Friz \Friz\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frizzed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Frizzing.] [Cf. F. friser to curl, crisp, frizzle, to raise
   the nap (on certain stuffs); prob.akin to OFries. frisle hair
   of the head. Cf. Frieze kind of cloth.] [Written also
   frizz.]
   1. To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping
      pin; to crisp.
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            With her hair frizzed short up to her ears. --Pepys.
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   2. To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as
      the nap of cloth.
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   3. (Leather Manufacture) To soften and make of even thickness
      by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
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   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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Frizz \Frizz\, v. t. & n.
   See Friz, v. t. & n.
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Frizz \Frizz\, v. t. & i. [Partly imitative, but cf. Fry.]
   To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle.
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