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from The Century Dictionary.

  • To dizen (in def. 1).

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  • verb transitive To dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen.
  • verb transitive To put tow on a distaff.

Etymologies

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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").

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