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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.
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{To frizzle up}, to crinkle or crisp excessively.
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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.
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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).
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Frizzle \Friz"zle\, n.
A curl; a lock of hair crisped. --Milton.
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