FRAYING
Fray"ing, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The skin which a deer frays from his horns. B. Jonson.
FRAZZLE
Fraz"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frazzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Frazzling.]
[Cf. G. faseln, and E. fray.]
Defn: To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter; - -used literally and figuratively. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]
Her hair was of a reddish gray color, and its frazzled and tangled condition suggested that the woman had recently passed through a period of extreme excitement. J. C. Harris.
FRAZZLE
Fraz"zle, n.
Defn: The act or result of frazzling; the condition or quality of being frazzled; the tag end; a frayed-out end. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]
My fingers are all scratched to frazzles.
Kipling.
Gordon had sent word to Lee that he "had fought his corps to a
frazzle."
Nicolay & Hay (Life of Lincoln).
FREAK
Freak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Freaking.] Etym:
[Akin to OE. frakin, freken, freckle, Icel. freknur, pl., Sw. fräkne,
Dan. fregne, Gr. prsçni variegated. Cf. Freckle, Freck.]