Frizzle \Friz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frizzled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frizzling}.] [Dim. of {friz}.] To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle. --Gay.
{To frizzle up}, to crinkle or crisp excessively.
Frizzle \Friz"zle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Frizzled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frizzling}.] [Freq. of an imitative word frizz, in dial. use.] 1. To fry, toast, or broil with a sputtering sound to cook with a sizzling noise. Also fig. --Hawthorne. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. To cook, in certain way, so as to curl or crinkle up.
Drain and heat it [shaved smoked beef] in one tablespoonful of hot butter, to curl or frizzle it. --Mrs. Lincoln (Cook Book). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]