feaze

¹

[ feez ]

verb (used with object)

, Nautical.

, feazed, feaz·ing.

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

feaze

²

[ feez, feyz ]

noun

, Dialect.

1. feeze.

feaze

¹

/ fiːz /

verb

1. a variant of feeze faze

feaze

²

/ fiːz /

verb

1. nautical to make or become unravelled or frayed

Word History and Origins

Origin of feaze¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of feaze¹

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

Example Sentences

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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Her opinion of him, however, did not feaze Harris in the least.

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

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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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