▪ I. friezed, ppl. a.1 Obs. exc. Hist.
(friːzd)
[f. frieze v.1 and n.1 + -ed.]
1. Of cloth: Having a nap; = cottoned 1.
| 1509 Bury Wills (Camden) 112, I wyll y{supt} euery poor man and woman dwellyng in my almesse howsyn have.. a ffrysed rosat gown. 1557 Act 4 & 5 Phil. & Mary c. 5 §12 Upon Pain of Forfeiture for every Welsh Cotton or Lining frised or cottoned to the contrary, vj. s. viij.d. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 227 About Istria and Liburnia, the sheeps fleece resembleth haire rather than wooll, nothing at all good for to make frized clothes with a high nap. 1721 C. King Brit. Merch. I. 291 Pennistones freized. 1865 Dircks Mrq. Worc. iv. 37 The term being applied to garments having long wool, then said to be friezed. |
2. Of a plant: Downy; = cottoned 2.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens iii. x. 328 Rha (as it is thought) hath great broade leaues..white and fryzed underneath. 1597 Gerarde Herbal i. xxxvi. §i. 51 A fringe..downe the middle of the lower leaves..tipped or frized. |
▪ II. † friezed, ppl. a.2 Obs.
In 6 frised, frized.
[See frieze v.2]
Of gold: Wrought into ornamental patterns. Of cloth: Embroidered or otherwise adorned with patterns in gold.
| 1577–87 Holinshed Chron. III. 805/2 Fret with frised gold. Ibid. 807/1 A tree of gold, the branches and boughes frised with gold. 1587 Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1338/1 A canopie of cloth of gold frized. |