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Friz

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See frizz.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle.
  • transitive verb. To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp.
  • transitive verb. To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
  • transitive verb. To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
  • transitive verb. A bench with a revolving cutter head slightly protruding above its surface, for dressing boards.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative form of frizz.
  • Word Usage
    "Geoffreys do such things quite apart from their regular connection; it is a sort of 'behind the scenes;'"said Glossy Megilp, who was standing at Florence's dressing-glass, touching up the little heap of" friz "across her forehead."
    Form
    frizzed  frizzing  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    crisp  frizzle  
    variant
    frizz