Feazings
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:08 pm
by LukeJavan8
-frayed and ragged ends of a rope - FEAZINGS (Understandably, this one is a nautical term)
From a list originally posted by Bailey.
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:56 pm
by Slava
I finally decided to dig a little deeper and came up with something to add.
From a site called dictionary.die.net, citing Webster's 1913 Revised Unabridged:
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.
Thus, we have a verb to add. This allows us to say things like:
"This has been a really hard day. My nerves are feazed."
"I have a knot in my shoulder. Would you please rub it and see if you can feaze it?"
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:26 pm
by LukeJavan8
Makes sense, I suppose. 'Tho I've never heard either.
But I don't speak for everyone. It certainly is not
a very common usage.