▪ I. † fruz, n.
[onomatopœic; cf. friz, fuzz: see also frowze.]
A collection of short and small branches, producing a frizzy appearance.
| 1693 Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. II. 53 The Second cut all those Branches within three or four Eyes, or Buds, and by that means occasion abundance of Fruz. |
▪ II. fruz, v. Obs. exc. dial.
[Cf. prec.]
trans. To spread out (hair) in a frizzy mass; to ruffle, rumple.
| 1703 S. Centlivre Beau's Duel iv. i, Mercy on me, what a bush of hair is there fruz'd out. 1705 Rowe Biter i. i, She has as much..black Hair fruz'd out as any Toast of 'em all. 1713 Lond. Gaz. No. 5171/4 Short fruz'd brown Hair. 1873 Yorksh. Mag. May 378 (in N.W. Linc. Gloss. s.v.) He could..smooth the place down, and fruzz it up from beneath so deftly, that no one could tell that any hay had been taken. 1889 N.W. Linc. Gloss., Fruz, to rub the hair the wrong way on, to entangle. |