English Explanatory Dictionary

dize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen.
  2. To put tow on a distaff.

Word forms

dize dizes dizing dized dise

Etymology

From Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disanō (“distaff”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Middle Dutch disen (“to dress or prepare a distaff with flax for spinning”), Middle Low German dise, disene (“bunch of flax, distaff”).

Related words

dizen
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