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dize

dize verb: to dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen.

Verb

dize (third-person singular simple present dizes, present participle dizing, simple past and past participle dized)

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

Forms of dize

third-person singular presentdizes
present participledizing
past participledized
pastdized
alternative formdise

Origin of dize

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”).

Questions about dize

What does dize mean?
Dize means to dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen.
What part of speech is dize?
Dize is a verb.
What is the past tense of dize?
The past tense of dize is dized.

Words near dize in the dictionary

  1. Dizangue
  2. dizard
  3. dizards
  4. dizdar
  5. dizdars
  6. dize
  7. dized
  8. dizen
  9. dizened
  10. dizening
  11. dizens

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