fasel

See also: Fasel

English

Etymology 1

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”).

Alternative forms

fasyll, fazle

Verb

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. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
- 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.

Noun

fasel (plural fasels)

Obsolete form of phasel.
- 1844, Paul d'Égine, Francis Adams, transl., 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

“fasel, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
“fasel, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

A.S.L.E.F., FALSE, Leafs, alefs, false, feals, fleas, leafs, lefsa

单词	fasel
释义	fasel See also: Fasel English Etymology 1 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”). Alternative forms fasyll, fazle Verb 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. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) 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. Noun fasel (plural fasels) Obsolete form of phasel. 1844, Paul d'Égine, Francis Adams, transl., 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 “fasel, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “fasel, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. Anagrams A.S.L.E.F., FALSE, Leafs, alefs, false, feals, fleas, leafs, lefsa
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