Dize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen. transitive
  2. 2
    To put tow on a distaff. UK, dialectal, transitive

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”).

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