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fasel

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Definition of fasel

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (dialectal, obsolete)To unravel or become frayed.
    “My sleve is fasylled: ma manche est rauelée.”
    “The edges of those pieces which seem inclined to fazzle out must be turned in, and tacked also to the sheeting.”
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verb

  1. (dialectal, obsolete)To unravel or become frayed.
    “My sleve is fasylled: ma manche est rauelée.”
    “The edges of those pieces which seem inclined to fazzle out must be turned in, and tacked also to the sheeting.”
  2. (figuratively, obsolete)To become confused or ravelled.
    “[…] which hath fazled and entangled this Controverſie.”

noun

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of phasel.
    “Tares and fasels, having been previously macerated in water so as to shoot out roots, are laxative of the bowels when taken before a meal with sauce; and are more nutritious than the fenugreek.”

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Etymology

From Middle English faselen (“to fray”), from fasel (“frayed”, adjective) and fasel (“a frayed edge or border, fringe”, noun), probably a diminutive of Middle English fas (“fringe”), from Old English fæs (“fringe”). Compare Dutch vezel (“fibre, filament”), German faseln (“to ravel out, ramble”). Doublet of pizzle.

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