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. [ 1913 Webster ]

To frizzle up, to crinkle or crisp excessively. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A curl; a lock of hair crisped. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who frizzles.