Friz \Friz\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frizzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Frizzing.]

[Cf. F. friser to curl, crisp, frizzle, to raise the nap (on certain stuffs); prob.akin to OFries. frisle hair of the head. Cf. Frieze kind of cloth.]

[Written also frizz.]

1. To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp.

With her hair frizzed short up to her ears. --Pepys.

2. To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.

3. (Leather Manufacture) To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.

Frizzing machine.
   (a) (Fabrics) A machine for frizzing the surface of cloth.
   (b) (Wood Working) A bench with a revolving cutter head slightly protruding above its surface, for dressing boards.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)