"diz" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "Probably from dizen, dize (“to dress with flax for spinning”), equivalent to the first element of distaff.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dizzes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "28 2 35 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 6 31 31",
          "kind": "topical",
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          "orig": "en:Spinning",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 16 24 24",
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "en:Tools",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Beth Smith, The Spinner's Book of Fleece, page 118:",
          "text": "A diz is a tool that helps you remove fiber from a comb and create a nice length of top that is a consistent thickness and ready to spin. Many dizzes have holes of varying sizes, so that you can choose the size most appropriate for the yarn you intend to spin: a large hole for bulky yarn, a smaller hole for finer yarn.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tool, often a flat circle, with one or more holes for passing wool through to form roving of a specified thickness."
      ],
      "id": "en-diz-en-noun-Dc1SX-zZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "tool",
          "tool"
        ],
        [
          "roving",
          "roving"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪz/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diz"
}

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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "Probably from dizen, dize (“to dress with flax for spinning”), equivalent to the first element of distaff.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dizzes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dizzing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dizzed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dizzed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To pass wool through a diz."
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/dɪz/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diz"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
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          "word": "de"
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        "third-person singular simple present indicative of de"
      ],
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        [
          "de",
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        "third-person singular simple present indicative of dee"
      ],
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        [
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    {
      "ipa": "/dɪz/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diz"
}

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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "Probably from dizen, dize (“to dress with flax for spinning”), equivalent to the first element of distaff.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dizzes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Beth Smith, The Spinner's Book of Fleece, page 118:",
          "text": "A diz is a tool that helps you remove fiber from a comb and create a nice length of top that is a consistent thickness and ready to spin. Many dizzes have holes of varying sizes, so that you can choose the size most appropriate for the yarn you intend to spin: a large hole for bulky yarn, a smaller hole for finer yarn.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tool, often a flat circle, with one or more holes for passing wool through to form roving of a specified thickness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tool",
          "tool"
        ],
        [
          "roving",
          "roving"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/dɪz/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diz"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dizzes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dizzing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dizzed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "To pass wool through a diz."
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/dɪz/"
    },
    {
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        }
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      ],
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    },
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}