feaze
1[ feez ]
verb (used with object),feazed, feaz·ing.Nautical.
to untwist (the end of a rope).
Origin of feaze
11560–70; akin to Dutch vezelen to fray, Middle Dutch veze frayed edge, Old English fæs fringe
Other definitions for feaze (2 of 2)
feaze2
[ feez, feyz ]
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How to use feaze in a sentence
You feazed me a little at first; but I think I know now what has happened.
The Quickening | Francis LyndeThat was a knockout, we all thought; but it never feazed Ole.
At Good Old Siwash | George FitchBrother Tom made his jokes, and Gertrude "feazed," to use her own word.
What if he did draw blood, that wound wouldnt have feazed the caribou even a little bit.
Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail | Silas K. BooneThese ribs and possible internal injuries are what feazed Captain Hi.
Swept Out to Sea | W. Bertram Foster
British Dictionary definitions for feaze (1 of 2)
feaze1
/ (fiːz) /
verb
nautical to make or become unravelled or frayed
Origin of feaze
1C16: perhaps from obsolete Dutch vese fringe, from Middle Dutch vese, veze fringe; related to Old English fæs
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