friz
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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frizzes
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I kin remember, when I wasn't no older'n that bub there, there was more snow in one winter 'n we have in five, now; an' Lake Huron was always friz up.
From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
You remember the big storm three year ago, come grass, when the cattle all huddled up a-top o’ each other and friz in one pile, solid.”
From Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart
It's always colder, too, when there's nobody about but yourself—you get your own share and every body else's besides; and it's lucky if you're not friz.
From Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
Every time we dipped the oars in that mush they'd stick, 'n' onless we'd pulled 'em out mighty fast they'd have friz right there.
From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Barb'ry Aleshine," said Mrs. Lecks, from underneath her great woolen comforter, "if you want to get your lungs friz, you'd better go on talkin'.
From The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine by Frank Richard Stockton
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