feaze

[ feez ]

/ fiz /

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

to untwist (the end of a rope).

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Origin of feaze

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

Words nearby feaze

feature, featured, feature-length, featureless, feature story, feaze, feazing, FEB, febri-, febricity, febricula

Other definitions for feaze (2 of 2)

feaze²

[ feez, feyz ]

/ fiz, feɪz /

noun Dialect.

feeze.

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How to use feaze in a sentence

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.
The City of Numbered Days|Francis Lynde
Her opinion of him, however, did not feaze Harris in the least.
The Girls of Hillcrest Farm|Amy Bell Marlowe
But he's a thoroughbred, all right; you can't feaze him for longer than ten seconds, and then only in extreme cases.
The Range Dwellers|B. M. Bower
Just shut your teeth hard, and say over and over again that you ain't goin' to let anything feaze you.
Woodcraft|Alan Douglas

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

British Dictionary definitions for feaze (1 of 2)

feaze¹

/ (fiːz) /

verb

nautical to make or become unravelled or frayed

Word Origin for feaze

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

British Dictionary definitions for feaze (2 of 2)

feaze²

/ (fiːz) /

verb, noun

a variant of feeze, faze

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