greasen

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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Definition of greasen

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (rare, transitive)To make greased or greasy
    “His quick swim consisted of the usual small circle, ending on the same moss-greasened rocky ledge that he'd landed on since he was ten years old.”
    “Although she was a rich lady, she maintained some of her peasant mannerisms, like bringing out her age-greasened basket tea cosy which held the old tea pot and four cups inside.”
    “I'm goin' downtown, the telegraph to hire, And see if they need a colored man to greasen up the wire.”
    “Carbohydrate satiation makes the protein smell more delicious, so he floats the idea and, with assent, helps himself to a couple of drumsticks, sighing about the finger-greasening inadequacies of the plastic fork and knife.”
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verb

  1. (rare, transitive)To make greased or greasy
    “His quick swim consisted of the usual small circle, ending on the same moss-greasened rocky ledge that he'd landed on since he was ten years old.”
    “Although she was a rich lady, she maintained some of her peasant mannerisms, like bringing out her age-greasened basket tea cosy which held the old tea pot and four cups inside.”
    “I'm goin' downtown, the telegraph to hire, And see if they need a colored man to greasen up the wire.”
    “Carbohydrate satiation makes the protein smell more delicious, so he floats the idea and, with assent, helps himself to a couple of drumsticks, sighing about the finger-greasening inadequacies of the plastic fork and knife.”

adj

  1. (Northern-England, archaic)Smeared with grease; greased

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Etymology

From grease + -en (verbal suffix).

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