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feazing

American

[fee-zing] / ˈfi zɪŋ /

noun

Nautical.

Often feazings. an unraveled portion at the end of a rope.

Etymology

Origin of feazing

First recorded in 1815–25; feaze ¹ + -ing ¹

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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 Osborne, William Hamilton

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