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feaze

[feez]

verb (used with object), feazed, feaz·ing. Nautical.

to untwist (the end of a rope).

Origin:
1560–70; akin to Dutch vezelen to fray, Middle Dutch veze frayed edge, Old English fæs fringe

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noun

feeze.

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feaze¹ (fiːz)

—vb
	nautical to make or become unravelled or frayed

[C16: perhaps from obsolete Dutch vese fringe, from Middle Dutch vese, veze fringe; related to Old English fæs]

feaze² (fiːz)

—vb, —n
	feeze a variant of faze

feeze or dialect feaze (fiːz)

—vb
1.	(tr) to beat
2.	to drive off
3.	chiefly (US) to disconcert; worry

—n
4.	a rush
5.	chiefly (US) a state of agitation

[Old English fēsian]

feaze or dialect feaze

—vb

—n

[Old English fēsian]

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