frizzle, frisle

t. & i. [A frequent. from frizz (q. v.).] A. Transitive : 1. To curl or crisp as hair; to frizz. "Ancient matrons with their frizzled towers, And gray religious maids." 2. To cook, as a rasher. Gay: Eclogues; The Toilet. B. In trans.: To become frizzled or curled up. friz-zle (1), 8. [FRIZZLE, v.] A curl; a lock of hair curled or crisped. "To rumple her laces, her frizzles, and her bobins."*friz-zle (2), s. [A corrupt. of Fr. fusil.] Milton: Animad. upon Remonstrant's Defence, § 1. IMG:content-0168.png:[blocks in formation] *3. A covering of any kind. "Chalybean tempered steel, and frock of mail." Milton : Samson Agonistes, 133. 4. A sort of worsted netting worn by sailors, often in lieu of a shirt. ( Scotch .) "The stocking manufacture is now carried to consider. able extent. Besides stockings they make frocks, mitts, and all sorts of hosiery."- Thom: Hist. Aberd., ii. 250.