fasel
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English faselen (“to fray”), from fasel (“frayed”, adj) and fasel (“a frayed edge or border, fringe”, noun), probably a diminutive of Middle English fas (“fringe”), from Old English fæs (“fringe”). Compare Dutch vezel (“fibre, filament”), German faseln (“to ravel out, ramble”). Doublet of pizzle.
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[edit]Verb
[edit]fasel (third-person singular simple present fasels, present participle faseling or faselling, simple past and past participle faseled or faselled)
- (obsolete, dialectal) To unravel or become frayed.
- 1530, John Palsgrove, Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse, Paris: Imprimerie nationale, page 546:
- My sleve is fasylled: ma manche est rauelée.
- 1885, “A New Kind of Patchwork”, in Little Folks: A Magazine for the Young, London: Cassel, page 67:
- The edges of those pieces which seem inclined to fazzle out must be turned in, and tacked also to the sheeting.
- (obsolete, figuratively) To become confused or ravelled.
- 1636, Thomas Goodwin, A Child of Light Walking in Darkness, London: J. G., page 89:
- […] which hath fazled and entangled this Controverſie.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]fasel (plural fasels)
- Obsolete form of phasel.
- 1844, Paul d'Égine, translated by Francis Adams, The Seven books of Paulus Aegineta, London: Syndeham Society, page 125:
- Tares and fasels, having been previously macerated in water so as to shoot out roots, are laxative of the bowels when taken before a meal with sauce; and are more nutritious than the fenugreek.
References
[edit]- “fasel, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “fasel, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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