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fealing

fealing is the present participle and gerund of feal.

Meaning of feal

Verb (1)

feal (third-person singular simple present feals, present participle fealing, simple past and past participle fealed)

  1. (dialectal, transitive) To hide.
    • He that feals can find. Pro. i. e He that hides, &c.1768, John Ray, A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs: Also the Most Celebrated Proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and Other Languages. The Whole Methodically Digested and...

Verb (2)

feal (third-person singular simple present feals, present participle fealing, simple past fale or fealed, past participle folen or fealed)

  1. (obsolete) To press on, advance.
    • Durst none of them further feal.1338, Robert Mannyng, Mannyng's Chronicle

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Questions about fealing

What is fealing the present participle and gerund of?
Fealing is the present participle and gerund of feal.

Words near fealing in the dictionary

  1. feaks
  2. feal
  3. feal and divot
  4. Feale
  5. fealed
  6. fealing
  7. feals
  8. fealties
  9. fealty
  10. fear
  11. fear campaign

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