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faselling

faselling is the present participle and gerund of fasel.

Meaning of fasel

Verb

fasel (third-person singular simple present fasels, present participle faselling, simple past and past participle faselled)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) To unravel or become frayed.
    • My sleve is fasylled: ma manche est rauelée.1530, John Palsgrove, Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse, Paris: Imprimerie nationale, page 546
  2. (figuratively, obsolete) To become confused or ravelled.
    • […] which hath fazled and entangled this Controverſie.1636, Thomas Goodwin, A Child of Light Walking in Darkness, London: J. G., page 89

Questions about faselling

What is faselling the present participle and gerund of?
Faselling is the present participle and gerund of fasel.

Words near faselling in the dictionary

  1. FASDs
  2. fasel
  3. faseled
  4. faseling
  5. faselled
  6. faselling
  7. fasels
  8. fases
  9. Fasgan'dufaru
  10. fash
  11. fash one's thumb

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