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Friz  v. t.  (past & past part. frizzed; pres. part. frizzing)  (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."
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.






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"Friz" Quotes from Famous Books



... the street." "Practical Plumber" now is he, As witnesseth his sign, And ready now to undertake Repairs in any line. One day a housemaid, as he sat At the receipt of biz, Came crying, "Ho, Sir Smith, Sir Smith, Sir Jones's pipes is friz." He girt his apron round his loins, His tools took from the shelf, And to the journeyman he said, "I'll ...
— Humour of the North • Lawrence J. Burpee



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