Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Friz \Friz\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frizzed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Frizzing}.] [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) 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 \Friz\, n.; pl. {Frizzes}.
   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.