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  2  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. 




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