feezen.
/fiːz/ 1. † b. to fetch or take (one's) feeze: to take a short run before leaping. to take one's full feeze: to start at full speed. Obsolete.
a. A rush, impetus; hence, a violent impact. Also, a rub. Now dialect and U.S.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > [noun] > force of movement
coursec1330
swough1338
swayc1374
birra1382
feezec1405
impetc1440
radeur1477
ravina1500
sweight1513
bensela1522
swinge1583
impetus1656
motive power1702
impulse1715
momentum1740
impulsion1795
send1890
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > violent > an act or instance of
shota1000
swipc1275
shotec1330
rushc1380
feezec1405
veasec1405
accourse1598
whirla1657
breenge1789
raid1861
the world > movement > impact > [noun] > forcible, heavy, or violent
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racec1330
squatc1350
dasha1375
percussion?a1425
peise1490
poise1490
dashing1580
gulp1598
jolt1599
feeze1603
slam1622
arietation1625
pash1677
pulse1677
jounce1784
smash1808
smashing1821
dush1827
birr1830
dunch1831
whop1895
the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > stroking > [noun] > stroking movement
stroke1631
feeze1843
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > [noun] > a rub
feeze1843
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1127 And ther out cam a rage and swich a veze That it made al the gate for to rese.
1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 50 They light vpon him..and beare him downe with mightie feas.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 878 Both their [sc. galleys'] beakes were with the feaze broken off.
1843 T. Mather in Whistle-Binkie 5th Ser. 45 Wi' a lick o' sweet oil an' a feeze o' her hand.
1865 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 349 Even the locust's cry is no longer a mere impertinent feeze of sound.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > move swiftly [verb (intransitive)] > go at full speed > start at full speed
to take one's full feezec1571
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > go swiftly on foot [verb (intransitive)] > run > run before leaping
to fetch or take (one's) feezec1571
c1571 E. Campion Hist. Ireland (1633) ii. ix. 120 Advising you though you have fetched your feaze, yet to look well ere you leape over.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie R 41 To leape taking his race or fetching his feese. Ex procursu salire.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. (1609) i. lxv. 87 b They [the Roman soldiers] tooke their full feese, and ran up the hill.
1675 T. Tully Let. to R. Baxter 19 If a man do but goe back a little to take his feeze, he may easily jump over it.
2. U.S. chiefly colloquial. A state of alarm or perturbation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun]
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maleasea1300
uneasea1300
diseasec1330
perturbationa1382
unrestfulnessc1384
disturbancea1387
unroc1390
distroublancea1400
perturbancec1425
unquietnessc1460
inquietation1461
conturbationc1470
unheart's-ease1470
distroubling1487
wanease15..
inquietness?1504
unrufe1508
sturt1513
pertroublancea1522
inquieting1527
unquieting1548
turmoiling1550
unquiet1551
agitation?1555
storm1569
wanrest1570
discountenance1577
float1579
disquiet1581
brangling1584
diseasefulnessa1586
restlessness1597
hurry1600
disturbancy1603
disquietment1606
disordera1616
laruma1616
uneasinessa1616
diseasementa1617
discomposture1622
discomposition1624
whirr1628
discomposednessa1631
discomposure1632
pother1638
incomposedness1653
inquietude1658
uneasefulness1661
toss1666
disquietednessa1680
intranquillitya1699
disquietude1709
bosom-broil1742
discomfort1779
rufflement1806
feeze1825
uncomfortableness1828
discomforture1832
astasia1839
dysphoria1842
purr1842
peacelessness1852
palaver1899
perturbment1901
heebie-jeebies1923
wahala1966
agita1979
the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > fright caused by alarm
frighta1325
affrayc1380
fray1398
gloppeninga1400
alarma1460
scare1548
affright1566
affrightment1593
aghastment1594
surprise1609
gastc1686
gliff1732
stew1806
stink1819
feeze1825
startlement1927
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 315 By snum; but you're a precious fellow!—in a feeze, I dare say, at receiving a decent letter from your sweetheart.
1855 J. R. Lowell Let. in Atlantic Monthly Dec. (1892) 749/2 So I am in a feeze half the time.
a1865 Haliburton (Cent. Dict.) When a man's in a feese, there's no more sleep that hitch.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
feezev.1
/fiːz/ Obsolete exc. dialect.† 1.
a. transitive. To drive; to drive off or away; to make (one) run, put to flight; to frighten away. Often with away. Also to feeze about. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away
feezec890
adriveeOE
aflemeeOE
off-driveeOE
flemeOE
withdrivec1000
adreveOE
to drive outOE
biwevea1300
chasec1300
void13..
catcha1325
firk1340
enchasec1380
huntc1385
to catch awayc1390
forcatch1393
to put offa1398
to cast awaya1400
to put outc1400
repel?a1439
exterminate1541
chasten1548
propulse1548
keir1562
hie1563
depulse1570
band1580
bandy1591
flit1595
ferret1601
profugate1603
extermine1634
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > cause physical symptoms [verb (transitive)] > frighten away
feezec890
shuncha1225
aschewelea1250
fearc1420
scarec1450
affray1487
fray1526
fright1599
lowbell1642
shy1845
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > drive away in all directions
to-driveOE
to-dreveOE
to-skairc1175
scattera1300
skaila1300
disparplea1325
sheda1325
discatterc1330
to-scattera1382
sparple1382
to-rusha1387
to-sparplea1387
deperpeyla1400
rat1402
sever1412
to-ratc1440
disparklec1449
scarkle1450
sparklea1470
disperse1503
shudderc1540
sparse1549
dissipate?c1550
to wap sindry1563
squander1622
rout1641
to feeze about1689
c890 Laws Edward & Guthrum xi Ðonne fysie hi man of earde.
OE Wulfstan Sermo ad Anglos (Nero) xxxiii. 162 Ðæt oft on gefeohte an feseþ tyne.
a1300 Signa ante Judicium 172 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 12 Al þe fentis sal.. be ifesid in to helle.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 339 Powder of erþe of þat lond i-sowe in oþer londes vseþ [v.r. veseþ] awey wormes.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 351 Shal I com þen, Cristian, & fese a-wey þe Cat?
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke viii. f. 29 He should bee drieuen and feased of the deiuill into deserte places.
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 2v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I They feazed away the Irish.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 13 Lyke bees..Feaze away thee droane bees with sting, from maunger, or hiuecot.
1689 C. Mather Memorable Providences 62 A Devil would..make her laugh to see how he feaz'd 'em about.
b. To impel.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate
stirc897
putOE
sputc1175
prokec1225
prickc1230
commovec1374
baitc1378
stingc1386
movea1398
eager?a1400
pokec1400
provokea1425
tollc1440
cheera1450
irritec1450
encourage1483
incite1483
harden1487
attice1490
pricklea1522
to set on1523
incense1531
irritate1531
animate1532
tickle1532
stomach1541
instigate1542
concitea1555
upsteer1558
urge1565
instimulate1570
whip1573
goad1579
raise1581
to set upa1586
to call ona1592
incitate1597
indarec1599
alarm1602
exstimulate1603
to put on1604
feeze1610
impulse1611
fomentate1613
emovec1614
animalize1617
stimulate1619
spura1644
trinkle1685
cite1718
to put up1812
prod1832
to jack up1914
goose1934
1610 W. Baldwin et al. Variable Fortune Princes (rev. ed.) in J. Higgins et al. Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) xvi. 480 Those eager impes whom food-want feaz'd to fight amaine.
2. To frighten, put into a state of alarm.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing apprehension or alarm > alarm [verb (transitive)]
misforgivea1425
feezec1440
effray1480
amaze?1518
misgivea1535
deter1595
baze1603
alarm1620
larum1758
to put the wind up1916
spook1935
c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine v. 611 Bete hir weel, right for hir blaspheme, To fese hem alle that troste in hir doctryne.
1460 Christ's Compl. 471 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 198 Ful foule schulde þi foos be fesid If þou myȝte ouer hem as y ouer þee may.
1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Fease, to fret, worry.
3. The threat ‘I'll feeze you’ seems to have given rise to the following senses:
a. vaguely, To ‘do for’, ‘settle the business of’ (a person, a person's pride, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)]
swevec725
quelmeOE
slayc893
quelleOE
of-falleOE
ofslayeOE
aquellc950
ayeteeOE
spillc950
beliveOE
to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE
fordoa1000
forfarea1000
asweveOE
drepeOE
forleseOE
martyrOE
to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE
bringc1175
off-quellc1175
quenchc1175
forswelta1225
adeadc1225
to bring of daysc1225
to do to deathc1225
to draw (a person) to deathc1225
murder?c1225
aslayc1275
forferec1275
to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275
martyrc1300
strangle1303
destroya1325
misdoa1325
killc1330
tailc1330
to take the life of (also fro)c1330
enda1340
to kill to (into, unto) death1362
brittena1375
deadc1374
to ding to deathc1380
mortifya1382
perisha1387
to dight to death1393
colea1400
fella1400
kill out (away, down, up)a1400
to slay up or downa1400
swelta1400
voida1400
deliverc1400
starvec1425
jugylc1440
morta1450
to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480
to put offc1485
to-slaya1500
to make away with1502
to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503
rida1513
to put downa1525
to hang out of the way1528
dispatch?1529
strikea1535
occidea1538
to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540
to fling to deathc1540
extinct1548
to make out of the way1551
to fet offa1556
to cut offc1565
to make away?1566
occise1575
spoil1578
senda1586
to put away1588
exanimate1593
unmortalize1593
speed1594
unlive1594
execute1597
dislive1598
extinguish1598
to lay along1599
to make hence1605
conclude1606
kill off1607
disanimate1609
feeze1609
to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611
to kill dead1615
transporta1616
spatch1616
to take off1619
mactate1623
to make meat of1632
to turn up1642
inanimate1647
pop1649
enecate1657
cadaverate1658
expedite1678
to make dog's meat of1679
to make mincemeat of1709
sluice1749
finisha1753
royna1770
still1778
do1780
deaden1807
deathifyc1810
to lay out1829
cool1833
to use up1833
puckeroo1840
to rub out1840
cadaverize1841
to put under the sod1847
suicide1852
outkill1860
to fix1875
to put under1879
corpse1884
stiffen1888
tip1891
to do away with1899
to take out1900
stretch1902
red-light1906
huff1919
to knock rotten1919
skittle1919
liquidate1924
clip1927
to set over1931
creasea1935
ice1941
lose1942
to put to sleep1942
zap1942
hit1955
to take down1967
wax1968
trash1973
ace1975
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > destroy or ruin a person
spillc950
amarOE
smitelOE
aspillc1175
mischievec1325
to bid (something) misadventurec1330
mara1375
fordoc1380
undo1390
wrack1564
to make roast meat of (also for)1565
wrake1567
wreck1590
speed1594
feeze1609
to do a person's business1667
cook1708
to settle a person's hash1795
diddle1806
to fix1836
raddle1951
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 202 And he be proud with me, Ile phese his pride.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. i. 1 Ile pheeze you infaith.
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe i. vi, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nn2v/2 Ile feese you.
a1625 J. Fletcher Chances ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaa3v/1 Ha's giv'n me my quietus est, I felt him In my small guts, I'me sure, has feez'd me.
b. To beat, flog.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > beat
threshOE
beatc1000
to lay on?c1225
chastise1362
rapa1400
dressc1405
lack?c1475
paya1500
currya1529
coil1530
cuff1530
baste1533
thwack1533
lick1535
firka1566
trounce1568
fight1570
course1585
bumfeage1589
feague1589
lamback1589
lambskin1589
tickle1592
thrash1593
lam1595
bumfeagle1598
comb1600
fer1600
linge1600
taw1600
tew1600
thrum1604
feeze1612
verberate1614
fly-flap1620
tabor1624
lambaste1637
feak1652
flog1676
to tan (a person's) hide1679
slipper1682
liquora1689
curry-comb1708
whack1721
rump1735
screenge1787
whale1790
lather1797
tat1819
tease1819
larrup1823
warm1824
haze1825
to put (a person) through a course of sprouts1839
flake1841
swish1856
hide1875
triangle1879
to give (a person or thing) gyp1887
soak1892
to loosen (a person's) hide1902
the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person
to-beatc893
threshOE
bustc1225
to lay on or upon?c1225
berrya1250
to-bunea1250
touchc1330
arrayc1380
byfrapc1380
boxc1390
swinga1400
forbeatc1420
peal?a1425
routa1425
noddlea1450
forslinger1481
wipe1523
trima1529
baste1533
waulk1533
slip1535
peppera1550
bethwack1555
kembc1566
to beat (a person) black and blue1568
beswinge1568
paik1568
trounce1568
canvass1573
swaddle?1577
bebaste1582
besoop1589
bumfeage1589
dry-beat1589
feague1589
lamback1589
clapperclaw1590
thrash1593
belam1595
lam1595
beswaddle1598
bumfeagle1598
belabour1600
tew1600
flesh-baste1611
dust1612
feeze1612
mill1612
verberate1614
bethumpa1616
rebuke1619
bemaul1620
tabor1624
maula1627
batterfang1630
dry-baste1630
lambaste1637
thunder-thump1637
cullis1639
dry-banga1640
nuddle1640
sauce1651
feak1652
cotton1654
fustigate1656
brush1665
squab1668
raddle1677
to tan (a person's) hide1679
slam1691
bebump1694
to give (a person) his load1694
fag1699
towel1705
to kick a person's butt1741
fum1790
devel1807
bray1808
to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813
mug1818
to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821
welt1823
hidea1825
slate1825
targe1825
wallop1825
pounce1827
to lay into1838
flake1841
muzzle1843
paste1846
looder1850
frail1851
snake1859
fettle1863
to do over1866
jacket1875
to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877
to take apart1880
splatter1881
to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884
to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886
to do up1887
to —— (the) hell out of1887
to beat — bells out of a person1890
soak1892
to punch out1893
stoush1893
to work over1903
to beat up1907
to punch up1907
cream1929
shellac1930
to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931
duff1943
clobber1944
to fill in1948
to bash up1954
to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976
to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983
beast1990
becurry-
fan-
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist v. v. sig. M4 Come, will you quarrell? I will feize you, sirrah. View more context for this quotation
1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East iv. i. sig. H3 Countryman. Zookers had I one of you zingle with this twigge, I would so veeze you.
1674 J. Wright Mock-Thyestes in tr. Seneca Thyestes 101 Your Toby I'le so feaze with this Rod..That [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
feezev.2
/fiːz/ dialect.
1.
a. transitive. To twist or turn with a screw-like motion; to screw. Also with off, on, up.
ΚΠ
1806 A. Douglas Poems 43 I downa feeze my fiddle-string.
1813 W. Leslie Gen. View Agric. Nairn & Moray (new ed.) Gloss. Feeze, to turn a screw nail.
b. figurative. To insinuate.
ΚΠ
1813 W. Leslie Gen. View Agric. Nairn & Moray (new ed.) Gloss. Feeze, to insinuate into unmerited confidence or favour.
1824 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) One feezes himself into the good graces of another.
2. intransitive for reflexive. To wind in and out; to hang off and on.
ΚΠ
17.. in Ritson Scot. Songs (1794) I. 287 My ewie never play'd the like But fees'd [printed tees'd] about the barn~yard wa'.
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