feaze

1
[ feez ]
/ fiz /

verb (used with object), feazed, feaz·ing. Nautical.

to untwist (the end of a rope).

Origin of feaze

1
1560–70; akin to Dutch vezelen to fray, Middle Dutch veze frayed edge, Old English fæs fringe

Words nearby feaze

feature, feature story, feature-length, featured, featureless, feaze, feazing, feb, feb., febri, febri-

Definition for feaze (2 of 3)

feaze 2
[ feez, feyz ]
/ fiz, feɪz /

noun

feeze.

Definition for feaze (3 of 3)

feeze

or feaze

[ feez, feyz ]
/ fiz, feɪz /

noun Dialect.

a state of vexation or worry.
a violent rush or impact.

Origin of feeze

1350–1400; Middle English fese blast, rush, fesen to drive, chase, frighten; compare Old English (Anglian) fēsan, (West Saxon) fȳsan

Example sentences from the Web for feaze

  • But it's only fair to warn you that it may turn up some things that'll feaze you.

    The Price |Francis Lynde

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

    The Girls of Hillcrest Farm |Amy Bell Marlowe

  • She gets them, any way, and they don't seem to feaze her a particle.

    Peggy Stewart at School |Gabrielle E. Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for feaze (1 of 3)

feaze 1
/ (fiːz) /

verb

nautical to make or become unravelled or frayed

Word Origin for feaze

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

British Dictionary definitions for feaze (2 of 3)

feaze 2
/ (fiːz) /

verb, noun

a variant of feeze, faze

British Dictionary definitions for feaze (3 of 3)

feeze

feaze

dialect

verb

(tr) to beat
to drive off
mainly US to disconcert; worry

noun

a rush
mainly US a state of agitation

Word Origin for feeze

Old English fēsian