·noun A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation.
II. Feaze ·vt To Untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope.
III. Feaze ·vt To Beat; to Chastise; also, to humble; to Harass; to Worry.
To untwist, to unlay ropes; to teaze, to convert it into oakum. ...
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