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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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).

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.

Frizzle \Friz"zle\, n.
   A curl; a lock of hair crisped. --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

frizzle
     v 1: fry something until it curls and becomes crisp
     2: curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: {crimp}, {crape}, {frizz},
        {kink up}, {kink}]
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