frieze (2), frize (2)

& a. [Fr. frise, prob. from O. Fr. frise Fries land; Dut. Vries =a' Fries lander; Vriesland =Fries land.] A. As substantive : Fabric : A coarse woolen cloth, having a rough or shaggy nap on one side. It is still extensively manufactured and worn in Ireland, where the word is pronounced frize . B. As adj .: Made of the material described in A. "Woven after the manner of deep, frieze ruffes."-P. Holland : Pliny , bk. viii., ch. xlviii. friezed, a. [Eng. friez (e) (1); -ed.] Made rough or shaggy like the nap of frieze. "Our mantles, friezed deep both within and without." -P. Holland: Pliny, bk. viii., ch. xlviii. friē ze-like, a. [Eng. frieze (1); -like.] Resembling a frieze. "I have seen the figure of Thalia, the comic muse, sometimes with an entire headpiece and a little friezelike tower."- Add is on : On Italy ; Rome.