feese

English

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.

Noun

feese (plural feeses)

  1. (obsolete) The short run before a leap; a run-up.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for feese in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English face.

Verb

feese

  1. to face

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English faze.

Verb

feese

  1. to faze
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