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feaze |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Feaze \Feaze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feazed}; p. pr & vb n. {Feazing}.] [Cf. OE faseln to ravel, fr AS f[ae]s fringe; akin to G. fasen to separate fibers or threads, fasen, faser, thread, filament, OHG. faso.] To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope. --Johnson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Feaze \Feaze\, v. t. [See {Feese}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Feaze \Feaze\, n. A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Feeze \Feeze\, v. t. [For sense 1, cf F. visser to screw, vis screw, or 1st E. feaze, v.t.: for sense 2, see {Feese}.] 1. To turn, as a screw. [Scot] --Jamieson. 2. To beat to chastise; to humble; to worry. [Obs.] [Written also {feaze}, {feize}, {pheese}.] --Beau. & Fl {To feeze up}, to work into a passion. [Obs.]
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