feaze
1 Americanverb (used with object)
noun
verb
verb
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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I never thought any Lorrigan could feaze me––but there’s something about Lance––” In the house Lance was not showing any of the polish which Belle had mentioned rather regretfully.
From Rim o' the World by Anton Otto Fischer
"Then what is he in a feaze about money for?"
From Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner
There's a plucky little woman, Thorne; nothin' can feaze her.
From The Red Mouse by William Hamilton Osborne
Even so, Mawruss," Abe said, "that wouldn't feaze J.H.
From Worrying Won't Win by Montague Glass
Just shut your teeth hard, and say over and over again that you ain't goin' to let anything feaze you.
From Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good by Alan Douglas
That was a knockout, we all thought; but it never feazed Ole.
From At Good Old Siwash by George Fitch
It was a herculean job, but that never feazed Sherlock Holmes, and he went at it tooth and nail.
From R. Holmes & Co. by John Kendrick Bangs
He might not have been afraid of a man–or a dozen men; no emergency–which he could talk out of–would have feazed him; but a man doesn’t feel like trying to talk down a skeleton!
From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Amy Bell Marlowe
He eyed her sharply to see if she were "feazed."
From Winnie Childs The Shop Girl by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
Our poor little battery, however, feazed them but little.
From S.O.S. Stand to! by Reginald Grant
Nevertheless, far from feazing him, Challoner felt that in some subtle way the question fitted in with his scheme of things.
From The Red Mouse by William Hamilton Osborne
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