1825 J. JamiesonEtymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at FaizeFaisins, the stringy parts of cloth, resembling the lint..applied to a wound, S.; Feazings, Roxb.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. BelcherSailor's Word-bk.Feazings, the fagging out or unravelling of an unwhipped rope.