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dize.

To dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen.

    transitive
  2. To put tow on a distaff.

    UK · dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

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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