"dize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dizes [present, singular, third-person], dizing [participle, present], dized [participle, past], dized [past]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm||*disen}} Middle English *disen, {{inh|en|ang||*disan, *disian}} Old English *disan, *disian, {{m|ang||dise|bunch of flax on a distaff}} dise (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*disanō||distaff}} Proto-Germanic *disanō (“distaff”), {{cog|dum|disen||to dress or prepare a distaff with flax for spinning}} Middle Dutch disen (“to dress or prepare a distaff with flax for spinning”), {{cog|gml|dise}} Middle Low German dise, {{m|gml|disene||bunch of flax, distaff}} disene (“bunch of flax, distaff”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} dize (third-person singular simple present dizes, present participle dizing, simple past and past participle dized)
  1. (transitive) To dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dize-en-verb-IFMgFOcZ
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To put tow on a distaff. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-dize-en-verb-Q3q4V1Hr Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dise Related terms: dizen

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