Diz
name, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A tool, often a flat circle, with one or more holes for passing wool through to form roving of a specified thickness.
"A diz is a tool that helps you remove fiber from a comb and create a nice length of top that is a consistent thickness and ready to spin. Many dizzes have holes of varying sizes, so that you can choose the size most appropriate for the yarn you intend to spin: a large hole for bulky yarn, a smaller hole for finer yarn."
- 1 To pass wool through a diz.
- 2 third-person singular simple present indicative of de form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
- 3 third-person singular simple present indicative of dee form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
- 1 A surname
- 2 A nickname
Example
More examples"A diz is a tool that helps you remove fiber from a comb and create a nice length of top that is a consistent thickness and ready to spin. Many dizzes have holes of varying sizes, so that you can choose the size most appropriate for the yarn you intend to spin: a large hole for bulky yarn, a smaller hole for finer yarn."
Etymology
Probably from dizen, dize (“to dress with flax for spinning”), equivalent to the first element of distaff.
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