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frowze
▪ I. † frowze, n. Obs. Also (? 6 frowes), 6–7 frowse, 7–8 fruz, 8 frouze. [Of uncertain origin; possibly an alteration of frounce, with assimilation to friz, fuzz.] ? A wig of frizzed hair worn by women. Also frowze-, fruz-tower.1563 Foxe A. & M. 919/2 Her two gentlewomen..helped her of therwith [he... Oxford English Dictionary
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frowzy
frowzy, a. (ˈfraʊzɪ) Also 7–9 frouzy, 8–9 frowsy, (9 frousy). [Perh. cognate with frowsty, or with some of the other words there referred to. Cf. also frowze n.] 1. Ill-smelling, fusty, musty; having a ‘close’ unpleasant smell from being dirty, unwashed, ill-ventilated, or the like.1681 Otway Soldie... Oxford English Dictionary
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fruz
▪ 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... Oxford English Dictionary
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bull-tour
† bull-tour Obs. [App. f. bull n.1 4 + tour. R. Holme (cf. bull-head 3, quot. 1688) referred it to ‘F. taure, a bull’, but see Littré s.v. tour.] A mass of frizzled hair worn (by a woman) on the forehead; a frowze, or ‘frizz’.1724 Littleton Lat. Dict. s.v. Anthiæ, Bull-tour, a woman's forelock, frou... Oxford English Dictionary
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