Obs. exc. Hist. [f. FRIEZE v.1 and sb.1 + -ED.]
1. Of cloth: Having a nap; = COTTONED 1.
1509. Bury Wills (Camden), 112. I wyll yt 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. Gerard, Herball, I. xxxvi. § 1. 51. A fringe … downe the middle of the lower leaves … tipped or frized.
