feaze

1
[ feez ]

verb (used with object),feazed, feaz·ing.Nautical.
  1. to untwist (the end of a rope).

Origin of feaze

1
1560–70; akin to Dutch vezelen to fray, Middle Dutch veze frayed edge, Old English fæs fringe

Words Nearby feaze

Other definitions for feaze (2 of 2)

feaze2
[ feez, feyz ]

nounDialect.

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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.

  • 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
  1. nautical to make or become unravelled or frayed

Origin of feaze

1
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
  1. a variant of feeze, faze

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