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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Frizzle \Friz"zle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Frizzled}; p. pr & vb n. {Frizzling}.] [Freq. of an imitative word frizz, in dial. use.] 1. To fry, toast, or broil with a sputtering sound to cook with a sizzling noise. Also fig. --Hawthorne. 2. To cook, in certain way so as to curl or crinkle up Drain and heat it [shaved smoked beef] in one tablespoonful of hot butter, to curl or frizzle it --Mrs. Lincoln (Cook Book). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Frizzle \Friz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frizzled}; p. pr & vb n. {Frizzling}.] [Dim. of {friz}.] To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle. --Gay. {To frizzle up}, to crinkle or crisp excessively. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Frizzle \Friz"zle\, n. A curl; a lock of hair crisped. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: frizzle v 1: fry something until its curls and becomes crisp 2: curl tightly, of hair [syn: {crimp}, {crape}, {frizz}, {kink up}, {kink}]
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