frizzle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: frizzle	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for frizzle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frizzle v fry something until it curls and becomes crisp curl tightly; "crimp hair" Synonym(s): crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frizzle \Friz"zle\, n. A curl; a lock of hair crisped. --Milton.