feaze

¹ American

[feez] / fiz /

verb (used with object)

Nautical.

feazed, feazing

to untwist (the end of a rope).

feaze ² American

[feez, feyz] / fiz, feɪz /

noun

Dialect.

feeze.

feaze ¹ British

/ fiːz /

verb

nautical to make or become unravelled or frayed

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feaze ² British

/ fiːz /

verb

a variant of feeze faze

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Etymology

Origin of feaze

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

Example Sentences

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As an officer of the power company, you can do it; as an official kicker on the outside, you couldn't feaze us a particle.

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That part of it wouldn’t feaze me.

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Just shut your teeth hard, and say over and over again that you ain't goin' to let anything feaze you.

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"When a feller is born to be hung he could drop from the top of the highest tree, and never feaze his neck."

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It was evident from the manner in which he bore himself while under the constant surveillance of the minions of the law, that he was perfectly at home in the presence of strangers, and that unusual situations did not feaze him.

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