dize

verb — 2 senses

dize

verb

Etymology 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”).

To dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen.

UK, Dialectal To put tow on a distaff.

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