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frisé

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fri⋅sé

  [fri-zey]
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–noun
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
Origin:
1880–85; < F: n. use of ptp. of friser to curl, prob. deriv. of fris-, s. of frire to fry, some foods taking on a curllike form when fried
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frieze 2   (frēz)   
n.   In both senses also called frisé.

  1. A coarse, shaggy woolen cloth with an uncut nap.

  2. A dense, low-pile surface, as in carpeting, resembling such cloth.


[Middle English frise, from Old French, from Medieval Latin (pannī) frīsiī, woolen (garments), from pl. of Frīsius, Frisian.]
fri·sé   (frē-zā')   
n.  See frieze2.

[French, from past participle of friser, to curl; see frizz1.]
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