FRIZ
Noun
friz (plural frizzes)
Dated form of frizz.
Verb
friz (third-person singular simple present frizzes, present participle frizzing, simple past and past participle frizzed)
Dated form of frizz.
Source: Wiktionary
Friz, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frizzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Frizzing.] Etym:
[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)
Definition: 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, n.; pl. Frizzes (.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition