Hypertext Webster Gateway: "feaze"
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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