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Webster 1913 Edition

Friz

Friz

,
Verb.
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.
With her hair
frizzed
short up to her ears.
Pepys.
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.

Friz

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Frizzes
.
That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle.
[Written also
frizz
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Friz

FRIZ

,
Verb.
T.
[See Frieze.]
1.
To curl; to crisp to form into small curls with a crisping-pin.
2.
To form the nap of cloth into little hard burs, prominences or knobs.

Definition 2024

friz

friz

English

Noun

friz ‎(plural frizzes)

  1. Dated form of frizz.
    • Hare
      He [Dr. Johnson], who saw in his glass how his wig became his face and head, might easily infer that a similar full-bottomed, well-curled friz of words would be no less becoming to his thoughts.

Verb

friz ‎(third-person singular simple present frizzes, present participle frizzing, simple past and past participle frizzed)

  1. Dated form of frizz.
    • 1870, Elizabeth Barker Comins, Marion Berkley
      "To friz, or not to friz! that is the question!" exclaimed Marion, as she turned from her looking-glass and appealed to Florence, who was buttoning her best-fitting cloth boots.

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