Frazzling

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frazzle \Fraz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frazzled}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Frazzling}.] [Cf. G. faseln, and E. fray.]
     To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter;
     -- used literally and figuratively. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  


           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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]