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feaze

1

[ feez ]

verb (used with object)

Nautical.
feazed, feazing.
  1. to untwist (the end of a rope).


feaze

2

[ feez, feyz ]

noun

Dialect.

feaze

1

/ ھː /

verb

  1. nautical to make or become unravelled or frayed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

feaze

2

/ ھː /

verb

  1. a variant of feeze faze
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of feaze1

1560–70; akin to Dutch vezelen to fray, Middle Dutch veze frayed edge, Old English æ fringe
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of feaze1

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

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That part of it wouldn’t feaze me.

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Just shut your teeth hard, and say over and over again that you ain't goin' to let anything feaze you.

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

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It was evident from the manner in which he bore himself while under the constant surveillance of the minions of the law, that he was perfectly at home in the presence of strangers, and that unusual situations did not feaze him.

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