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Austrian filmmaker (1890–1976)
Christian Anton Lang (Austrian German: [ˈfriːdrɪç ˈkrɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈantɔn ˈlaŋ]; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), better known as Fritz Lang (Austrian German:
Fritz_Lang
Fritz Lang (1890–1976) was an Austrian film director, producer and screenwriter. In his early career, Lang worked primarily as a screenwriter, finishing
Fritz_Lang_filmography
1931 film by Fritz Lang
directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert, a serial killer who targets children, in his third screen role. Both Lang's first sound
M_(1931_film)
Fictional character in the book and film Metropolis; gynoid
fictional humanoid robot featured in Thea von Harbou's novel Metropolis and Fritz Lang's film adaption of the novel. In the film, she is played by German actress
Maschinenmensch
German author, film director, & actress (1888–1954)
was based. Von Harbou collaborated as a screenwriter with film director Fritz Lang, her husband, during the period of transition from silent to sound films
Thea_von_Harbou
and essays about Fritz Lang: Armour, Robert A. (1977). Fritz Lang. Twayne. ISBN 978-0-8057-9259-1. Bogdanovich, Peter (1967). Fritz Lang in America. Praeger
Fritz_Lang_bibliography
German actress (1908–1996)
remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double, the Maschinenmensch, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis. Brigitte Gisela Eva Schittenhelm was born
Brigitte_Helm
Hungarian and American actor (1904–1964)
after director Fritz Lang cast him as child-killer Hans Beckert in M (1931), a film reputedly inspired by the Peter Kürten case. Lang said that he had
Peter_Lorre
German art movement during the 1910s–1930s
Expressionism include Metropolis (1927) and M (1931), both directed by Fritz Lang. This trend was a reaction against realism. Its practitioners used extreme
German_expressionist_cinema
German serial killer (1879–1925)
Directed by Fritz Lang, M starred Peter Lorre as a fictional child killer named Hans Beckert. In addition to drawing inspiration from the case of Fritz Haarmann
Fritz_Haarmann
Crime films with cynical atmosphere
Like The Stranger, Fritz Lang's The Woman in the Window (1944) was a production of the independent International Pictures. Lang's follow-up, Scarlet Street
Film_noir
American director and producer (1935–2023)
Films Never Made". Josh Winning. Retrieved July 20, 2022. Cagliari, Via. "Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin". torinofilmfest.org. Retrieved July 20
William_Friedkin
Decreasing count indicating the time remaining before an event
(English: Woman in the Moon) written by Thea von Harbou and directed by Fritz Lang in an attempt to increase the drama of the launch sequence of the story's
Countdown
1925 German-language book by Thea von Harbou
von Harbou. The novel was a treatment for Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis, on which von Harbou and Lang collaborated in 1924. The story is set in a
Metropolis_(novel)
German silent science-fiction film
science-fiction silent film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Thea von Harbou in collaboration with Lang, based on von Harbou's 1925 novel of the
Metropolis_(1927_film)
Film genre evoking excitement and suspense
Germany, with Fritz Lang writing serials like The Mistress of the World (1919) and later directing films like The Spiders (1919). Lang would make films
Thriller_film
German serial killer (1860–1924)
" (Mass murderer Haarmann! Mass murderer Denke! Mass murderer ? ? ?). Fritz Lang said in an interview that Denke was among several inspirations for his
Karl_Denke
American actress (1923–1985)
Hollywood's greatest directors, including Alfred Hitchcock in I Confess (1953), Fritz Lang in The Blue Gardenia (1953), and Cecil B. DeMille in The Ten Commandments
Anne_Baxter
1953 American crime film by Fritz Lang
The Big Heat is a 1953 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Jocelyn Brando about a cop who takes on the crime
The_Big_Heat
Newspaperman, sportswriter, and novelist (1926–2007)
Bloody Spur, on which the film While the City Sleeps (1956), directed by Fritz Lang, was based. Einstein's father was the comedian Harry Einstein. He was
Charles_Einstein
American actor (1914–1959)
well as on radio, and then returned to Hollywood in 1951 for a role in a Fritz Lang film, Rancho Notorious. In 1953, Reeves played a minor character, Sergeant
George_Reeves
Film genre
diverse as expressionism and surrealism (as featured in the works of Fritz Lang and Luis Buñuel) while postmodernist film – similar to postmodernism as
Modernist_film
American actress (1907–1990)
versatility. She was a favorite of directors, including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang, and Frank Capra, and made 86 films in 38 years before turning to television
Barbara_Stanwyck
Canaanite deity or form of human sacrifice
Gustave Flaubert's Salammbô (1862), Giovanni Pastrone's Cabiria (1914), Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927), and Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" (1955). The etymology
Moloch
American actor (1905–1982)
in You Only Live Once (1937), also costarring Sidney, and directed by Fritz Lang. He starred opposite Bette Davis, who had chosen him, in the film Jezebel
Henry_Fonda
1920 film by Robert Wiene
influence prevalent in the film's sets and costumes. Through film director Fritz Lang, Janowitz and Mayer met with Erich Pommer, head of production at the Decla-Film
The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligari
German industrialist and humanitarian (1908–1974)
Sudetenland. In 1951, Poldek Pfefferberg approached the Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang and asked him to consider making a film about Schindler. Also on Pfefferberg's
Oskar_Schindler
Robot character from Star Wars
Wars, based the initial design for C-3PO on the female robot from the Fritz Lang film Metropolis (1927). When Anthony Daniels saw one of McQuarrie's paintings
C-3PO
French and Swiss film director (1930–2022)
adaptation of Homer's Odyssey, directed by Austrian director Fritz Lang (playing himself). Lang's 'high culture' interpretation of the story is lost on Prokosch
Jean-Luc_Godard
1928 film by Fritz Lang
by Fritz Lang and co-written with his wife, Thea von Harbou, who also wrote a novel of the same name, published a year later. The film was Lang's penultimate
Spione
Real-life inspirations for the fictional James Bond character
other hand, may have come from the early silent films of German director Fritz Lang, including the 1922 film Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, and the 1928 film Spione
Inspirations_for_James_Bond
2015 film by Michael Mann
concern with surveillance follows in the footsteps of earlier films by Fritz Lang and Henry Hathaway. The emerging relationship between power and network
Blackhat_(film)
German playwright and poet (1898–1956)
Paul Hindemith Oskar Homolka Angelika Hurwicz Herbert Ihering Fritz Kortner Fritz Lang Wolfgang Langhoff Charles Laughton Lotte Lenya Theo Lingen Peter
Bertolt_Brecht
Canadian filmmaker (born 1943)
Faber and Faber. ISBN 0571191371. Dreibrodt, Thomas J. Dreibrodt (2000). Lang lebe das neue Fleisch. Die Filme von David Cronenberg – von 'Shivers' bis
David_Cronenberg
Name list
Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962), Austrian violinist and composer Fritz Julius Kuhn (1896–1951), Nazi who led the German American Bund Friedrich Fritz Lang
Fritz
1959 adventure film by Fritz Lang
indische Grabmal) is a 1959 adventure film, co-written and directed by Fritz Lang. Produced by Artur Brauner, it is an international co-production of West
The_Indian_Tomb_(1959_film)
American actress (1910–1990)
is best remembered for her film noir femme fatale roles in director Fritz Lang's films—including Man Hunt (1941), The Woman in the Window (1944), and
Joan_Bennett
1951 film directed by Joseph Losey
thriller film noir directed by Joseph Losey, an English-language remake of Fritz Lang's 1931 German film about a child murderer. The film stars David Wayne,
M_(1951_film)
1929 film directed by Fritz Lang
one of the first "serious" science fiction films. It was directed by Fritz Lang, and written by his wife Thea von Harbou, based on her 1928 novel The
Woman_in_the_Moon
2009 film by Christopher Smith
been inspired by one of the final shots of The Woman in the Window, by Fritz Lang. Triangle premiered at the London FrightFest Film Festival on 27 August
Triangle_(2009_British_film)
American actress (1920–1991)
her motion picture debut was in a supporting role as Eleanor Stone in Fritz Lang's Western The Return of Frank James (1940), opposite Henry Fonda. A small
Gene_Tierney
1952 film directed by Fritz Lang
Clash by Night is a 1952 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe and Keith Andes
Clash_by_Night
2009 American film
starring Michael Douglas, Jesse Metcalfe and Amber Tamblyn. Based on Fritz Lang's 1956 film of the same name, it was Hyams' second reimagining of an RKO
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009 film)
Beyond_a_Reasonable_Doubt_(2009_film)
German painter (1877–1961)
Fritz Lang (15 March 1877 – 26 October 1961) was a German painter, noted for his woodcuts, linocuts, lithographs, and book illustrations. Born in Stuttgart
Fritz_Lang_(artist)
Wandering Image (dir. Fritz Lang, 1920) The Women of Gnadenstein (dir. Robert Dinesen and Joe May, 1921) Four Around a Woman (dir. Fritz Lang, 1921) - Screenplay
List of works by Thea von Harbou
List_of_works_by_Thea_von_Harbou
1960 film by Fritz Lang
thriller film directed by Fritz Lang. It is a sequel to Lang's 1933 film The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, and the third film directed by Lang to feature Norbert
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
The_Thousand_Eyes_of_Dr._Mabuse
film Monkey Business, Laurel and Hardy's first feature film Pardon Us, Fritz Lang's serial killer drama M starring Peter Lorre, Rouben Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll
2027_in_public_domain
especially in the genre of mystery films, which is where the director Fritz Lang began his illustrious career. The outbreak of World War I and the subsequent
Cinema_of_Germany
British actor (1928–1998)
American film career began with the 1941 thriller Man Hunt, directed by Fritz Lang. It was made by 20th Century Fox, which also produced McDowall's next
Roddy_McDowall
1953 film by Fritz Lang
noir starring Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, and Ann Sothern. Directed by Fritz Lang from a screenplay by Charles Hoffman, it is based on the novella The Gardenia
The_Blue_Gardenia
Spanish filmmaker (born 1949)
Umberto Lenzi and Lucio Fulci while also paying tribute to the films of Fritz Lang and F. W. Murnau. After making its premiere at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
Pedro_Almodóvar
1959 film by Fritz Lang
adventure film directed by Fritz Lang. It is the first of two films comprising what has come to be known as Fritz Lang's Indian Epic; the other is The
The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959 film)
The_Tiger_of_Eschnapur_(1959_film)
Fictional villain created by Norbert Jacques
made famous by three films about the character directed in Germany by Fritz Lang: Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (silent, 1922), The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Dr._Mabuse
American actor (1907–1968)
in the Window Heidt / Tim, the Doorman Fritz Lang 1944 Ministry of Fear Cost / Travers the Tailor Fritz Lang 1945 Main Street After Dark Posey Dibson
Dan_Duryea
Creative arts movement inspired by historic depictions of the future
primary influences include the set designs of Kenneth Strickfaden and Fritz Lang.[citation needed] The term was coined by William Gibson in his story "The
Retrofuturism
French filmmaker (born 1959)
(1960) Jean Giono (1961) Tetsurō Furukaki (1962) Armand Salacrou (1963) Fritz Lang (1964) Olivia de Havilland (1965) Sophia Loren (1966) Alessandro Blasetti
Luc_Besson
American actor (1909–1992)
exclusively in B-movies. However, his acting in two late-cycle film noirs for Fritz Lang during 1956, While The City Sleeps and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, are
Dana_Andrews
2011 film directed by Pedro Almodóvar
inspired by Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face and the thriller films of Fritz Lang when he wrote the screenplay. The director announced the project in 2002
The_Skin_I_Live_In
1956 film by Fritz Lang
While the City Sleeps is a 1956 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang and starring Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders, Howard Duff, Thomas
While the City Sleeps (1956 film)
While_the_City_Sleeps_(1956_film)
1933 film by Fritz Lang
directed by Fritz Lang. The movie is a sequel to Lang's silent film Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922) and features many cast and crew members from Lang's previous
The_Testament_of_Dr._Mabuse
1920 film directed by Fritz Lang
Spinnen) is a silent two-part German adventure film written and directed by Fritz Lang. It was released in two parts in 1919 and 1920. Two more parts were originally
The_Spiders_(film)
Vehicle propelled by ejection of gases
system 'Katyusha'". ezoteriker. Retrieved 5 June 2022. "The Directors (Fritz Lang)". Sky Arts. Season 1, episode 6. 2018 Weide, Robert (Summer 2012). "The
Rocket
American filmmaker (born 1954)
In-Person Lincoln Center Mode". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 22, 2021. Lang, Brent (July 22, 2021). "Joel Coen's 'Tragedy of Macbeth' With Frances McDormand
Joel_Coen
German serial killer (1883–1931)
murders committed by Peter Kürten, M, was released in May 1931. Directed by Fritz Lang, M starred Peter Lorre as a fictional child killer named Hans Beckert
Peter_Kürten
German film studio
000 sq ft), it is Europe's largest film studio. Hundreds of films, including Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel were filmed there
Babelsberg_Studio
1963 film by Jean-Luc Godard
Odyssey. The film stars Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang, and Giorgia Moll. Paul Javal, a young French playwright who has achieved
Contempt_(film)
German film company
years: 1922: Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (directed by Fritz Lang) 1924: Die Nibelungen (directed by Fritz Lang) 1924: The Last Laugh (directed by F. W. Murnau;
UFA_GmbH
French actress (1917–2012)
with such notable directors as Max Ophüls, Jean Renoir, Robert Bresson, Fritz Lang and G.W. Pabst. She returned to acting briefly in the late 1980s. Mila
Mila_Parély
1924 two-part film directed by Fritz Lang
two-part German series of silent fantasy films created by Austrian director Fritz Lang in 1924, consisting of Die Nibelungen: Siegfried and Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's
Die_Nibelungen
American actor (1900–1967)
to prove that Tracy could make a success on his own merit. Directed by Fritz Lang, Tracy played an innocent man who swears revenge after narrowly escaping
Spencer_Tracy
After Lang's death, Rissient asked Latte [Fritz Lang's third wife] if he might arrange for its publication. "No," she replied, "because Fritz would want
List of atheists in film, radio, television and theater
List_of_atheists_in_film,_radio,_television_and_theater
1940 film directed by Fritz Lang
The Return of Frank James is a 1940 Western film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Henry Fonda and Gene Tierney. It is a sequel to Henry King's 1939
The_Return_of_Frank_James
1954 film by Fritz Lang
1955 Eastman Color swashbuckler film shot in CinemaScope directed by Fritz Lang. It was inspired by the 1898 novel Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner, although
Moonfleet_(film)
American actor (1932–2004)
features with supporting parts in While the City Sleeps (1956), for director Fritz Lang, and The Shadow on the Window (1957). In 1957, he appeared in a production
John_Drew_Barrymore
Another notable omission is Metropolis, the 1927 German film directed by Fritz Lang, often erroneously reported as having cost $200 million at the value of
List_of_most_expensive_films
American film director (1939–2022)
own films and others. M (1931) – with others, and Fritz Lang interview excerpts Fury (1936) – with Lang interview excerpts Bringing Up Baby (1938) The Rules
Peter_Bogdanovich
German author, film director and public intellectual (1932–2026)
studies with Theodor W. Adorno in Frankfurt, he worked as an assistant to Fritz Lang for The Tiger of Eschnapur. He directed his first film, Brutality in Stone
Alexander_Kluge
Screen and stage experience of Anne Baxter
film noir I Confess (1953). In the same year, she also appeared in the Fritz Lang-directed film noir The Blue Gardenia. In 1956, Baxter appeared as Egyptian
Anne Baxter on screen and stage
Anne_Baxter_on_screen_and_stage
Visual art consisting of moving images
1920s, European filmmakers such as Sergei Eisenstein, F. W. Murnau, and Fritz Lang, in many ways inspired by the meteoric wartime progress of film through
Film
Fictional character in the book and film Metropolis; mad scientist
C. A. Rotwang is a fictional character in Fritz Lang's 1927 science fiction film Metropolis, as well as screenwriter Thea von Harbou's original novel Metropolis
Rotwang
1937 film by Fritz Lang
directed by Fritz Lang and starring Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda. Considered a precursor film noir, it was the second film directed by Lang in the United
You Only Live Once (1937 film)
You_Only_Live_Once_(1937_film)
German costume and production designer (1893–1976)
probably best known for his design for the Maschinenmensch robot in Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis. Walter Schulze-Mittendorff was born Walter Georg
Walter_Schulze-Mittendorff
(1922) directed by Fritz Lang Waxworks (1924) directed by Paul Leni Metropolis (1927) directed by Fritz Lang M (1931) directed by Fritz Lang When Adolf Hitler
Cinema_of_Europe
1944 film by Fritz Lang
The Woman in the Window is a 1944 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang and starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, and Dan Duryea
The Woman in the Window (1944 film)
The_Woman_in_the_Window_(1944_film)
2001 anime film directed by Rintaro
from the Fritz Lang film Metropolis. When making the original Metropolis manga, Tezuka said that the only inspiration he got from Fritz Lang's Metropolis
Metropolis_(2001_film)
A Story of the London Fog". The Criterion Collection. "M - Blu-ray - Fritz Lang". DVDBeaver. "The Magnificent Ambersons". The Criterion Collection. "Make
Peter_Bogdanovich_filmography
American filmmaker (born 1957)
(1960) Jean Giono (1961) Tetsurō Furukaki (1962) Armand Salacrou (1963) Fritz Lang (1964) Olivia de Havilland (1965) Sophia Loren (1966) Alessandro Blasetti
Ethan_Coen
1950 film by Fritz Lang
by the River is a 1950 American psychological crime drama directed by Fritz Lang and starring Louis Hayward, Lee Bowman and Jane Wyatt. It is based on
House_by_the_River
Mercury contributed to the soundtrack for the restoration of the 1927 Fritz Lang film Metropolis. The song "Love Kills" was written for the film by Giorgio
Freddie_Mercury_discography
American actress and filmmaker (born 1983)
(1960) Jean Giono (1961) Tetsurō Furukaki (1962) Armand Salacrou (1963) Fritz Lang (1964) Olivia de Havilland (1965) Sophia Loren (1966) Alessandro Blasetti
Greta_Gerwig
1944 film by Fritz Lang
Ministry of Fear is a 1944 American spy thriller film noir directed by Fritz Lang, and starring Ray Milland and Marjorie Reynolds. Based on the 1943 novel
Ministry_of_Fear
1950 film by Fritz Lang
as I Shall Return in the UK) is a 1950 American war film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Tyrone Power as a U.S. Navy ensign stranded by the Japanese
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
American_Guerrilla_in_the_Philippines
1943 film by Fritz Lang
the Austrian director Fritz Lang and written by John Wexley from a story by Bertolt Brecht (credited as Bert Brecht) and Lang. The film stars Brian Donlevy
Hangmen_Also_Die!
Serenade Charles Winthrop Anthony Mann While the City Sleeps Walter Kyne Fritz Lang The Vagabond King Narrator Michael Curtiz Uncredited voice The Ten Commandments
List_of_Vincent_Price_works
1938 Fritz Lang film
and Me is a 1938 American crime drama/comedy/romance film directed by Fritz Lang. It stars Sylvia Sidney and George Raft as a pair of ex-convicts on parole
You_and_Me_(1938_film)
1956 American film directed by Fritz Lang
Reasonable Doubt is a 1956 American film noir legal drama directed by Fritz Lang and written by Douglas Morrow. The film stars Dana Andrews and Joan Fontaine
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956 film)
Beyond_a_Reasonable_Doubt_(1956_film)
American filmmakers
now: 'A Play Is a Poem' in L.A." Los Angeles Times. September 20, 2019. Lang, Brent (July 22, 2021). "Joel Coen's 'Tragedy of Macbeth' With Frances McDormand
Coen_brothers
American actor (1897–1975)
with the writers Dorothy Parker and Donald Ogden Stewart, the director Fritz Lang, and the lyricist Oscar Hammerstein. In 1938, March was one of many Hollywood
Fredric_March
German cinematographer
the Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill musical. He also collaborated with Fritz Lang on four films, Destiny (1921), Spies (1928), M (1931) and The Testament
Fritz_Arno_Wagner
Man who killed Jesse James (1861–1892)
Charley Ford, John Carradine reprised his role. The film, directed by Fritz Lang, is a sequel to Jesse James, which also features the Fords. In I Shot
Robert_Ford_(outlaw)
FRITZ LANG
FRITZ LANG
Boy/Male
British, English, French, Teutonic
Son
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : variant of Firth.
Boy/Male
German
Peace; Joy; Peaceful Ruler; Form of Frieda
Boy/Male
German
Peaceful Ruler
Boy/Male
English
Son of Simon.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Christian, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Swedish, Teutonic
Contraction of Frederick; Peace; Peaceful Ruler
Boy/Male
Danish American German Teutonic
Free.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : generally said to be from Anglo-Norman French fi(t)z ‘son’, used originally to distinguish a son from a father bearing the same personal name.It could also be a habitational name from a place in Shropshire called Fitz, recorded in 1194 as Fittesho, from an Old English personal name, Fitt, + hÅh ‘hill spur’.In one family at least, it is an altered form of English Fitch.German : unexplained. Possibly from a vernacular pet form of the personal name Vincent.Johann Peter Fitz, an immigrant from Germany, arrived in Philadelphia in 1750. Bearers of the name from Britain were already established in North America before that date.
Girl/Female
Chinese, German, Teutonic
Peaceful Ruler
Female
German
Pet form of German Friederike, FRITZI means "peaceful ruler."
Male
Danish
, peace ruler.
Boy/Male
English
Son of Hugh.
Boy/Male
English
Son of Walter.
Boy/Male
English
Son of Walter.
Boy/Male
English
Son of James.
Male
Irish
Short form of Irish Fitzroy, FITZ means "illegitimate son of the king."
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, Dutch, Netherlands, Swedish, Teutonic
Peaceful Ruler
Boy/Male
English Teutonic
Son of Patrick.
Girl/Female
Teutonic German
Tranquil leader.
Male
German
Pet form of German Friedrich, FRITZ means "peaceful ruler."
FRITZ LANG
FRITZ LANG
Boy/Male
Irish
Pure fire.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
She was a Narrator of Hadith
Girl/Female
Indian
Offering, Gift
Girl/Female
Norse
Thor's maiden.
Girl/Female
French American
Feminine of Nicholas: people's victory.
Boy/Male
German, Italian, Scandinavian
Warrior
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Victory of Strength
Girl/Female
Indian
Believed
Boy/Male
Arabic, Indonesian, Muslim, Parsi
Supporter; Friend; Somebody; Quality
Girl/Female
Norse Latin
Work.
FRITZ LANG
FRITZ LANG
FRITZ LANG
FRITZ LANG
FRITZ LANG
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Friz
v. t.
To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp.
v. t.
To fritter; -- with away.
v. i.
To curl or friz, as the hair.
n.
That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle.
imp. & p. p.
of Friz
n.
A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth.
v. t.
To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
v. t. & n.
See Friz, v. t. & n.
imp. & p. p.
of Frit
n.
A son; -- used in compound names, to indicate paternity, esp. of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; as, Fitzroy, the son of the king; Fitzclarence, the son of the duke of Clarence.
n.
An arm of the sea; a frith.
n.
See 1st Frith.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Frit
v. t.
To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See Friz, v. t., 2.
a.
A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure.
n.
A kind of weir for catching fish.
a.
A forest; a woody place.
v. t.
To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
pl.
of Friz