feaze

¹ American  

[feez] / fiz /

verb (used with object)

Nautical.

feazed, feazing

1. to untwist (the end of a rope).

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feaze ² American  

[feez, feyz] / fiz, feɪz /

noun

Dialect.

1. feeze.

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feaze ¹ British  

/ fiːz /

verb

1. nautical to make or become unravelled or frayed

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feaze ² British  

/ fiːz /

verb

1. 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

"Then what is he in a feaze about money for?"

From Hills of the Shatemuc by Warner, Susan

The report of things out of order usually sets landlords in a feaze, but you keep as serene as the moon with your tenant's complaints.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 by Various

But he's a thoroughbred, all right; you can't feaze him for longer than ten seconds, and then only in extreme cases.

From The Range Dwellers by Bower, B. M.

He is in a great feaze about some property that he thinks is owing to him somewhere, and he has been giving me a long detail of matters and things connected with the business.

From Hills of the Shatemuc by Warner, Susan

"I was afraid our horses would get tired going against the wind," said Tom, "but it didn't seem to feaze them."

From The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure by Roosevelt, Wyn