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feazing
feaz·ing
/
ˈfi
zɪŋ
/
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[
fee
-zing
]
Show IPA
noun
Nautical
.
Often,
feazings.
an unraveled portion at the end of a rope.
Origin:
1815–25;
feaze
1
+
-ing
1
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feaze
1
/
fiz
/
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[
feez
]
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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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World English Dictionary
feaze
1
(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
]
feaze
2
(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
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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