frizzed

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frizzed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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