feaze

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Feaze \Feaze\, n.
   A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation.
   [Obs.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Feaze \Feaze\, v. t. [See {Feese}.]
   To beat; to chastise; also, to humble; to harass; to worry.
   [Obs.] --insworth.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   2. To beat; to chastise; to humble; to worry. [Obs.] [Written
      also {feaze}, {feize}, {pheese}.] --Beau. & Fl.
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   {To feeze up}, to work into a passion. [Obs.]
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