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Feazings

Postby LukeJavan8 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:08 pm

-frayed and ragged ends of a rope - FEAZINGS (Understandably, this one is a nautical term)


From a list originally posted by Bailey.
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Postby Slava » Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:56 pm

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?"
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.

LukeJavan8
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Postby LukeJavan8 » Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:26 pm

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.
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