feese

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Obsolete form of feeze (“running start”).
  2. Obsolete form of feeze (“state of fretful excitement or worry”).
noun
  1. Alternative form of fess (“horizontal band, in heraldry”).
verb
  1. Alternative form of feeze (“to freeze”).

Word forms

feese feeses

Etymology

Perhaps from Middle English fese (“a blast, a rush, a burst”), a derivative of Middle English fesen (“to put to flight”). More at faze.

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