feague
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Động từ
verb- 1.
To increase the liveliness of a horse by inserting an irritant, such as a piece of peeled raw ginger or a live eel, in its anus.
Run along to Hobson's Livery Stable and tell them I want a good fast horse, right? Something with a bit of fizz in its blood! Not some feagued-up old screw, and I know the difference! I want it here in half an hour! Off you go!
- 2.
(obsolete)To beat or whip; to drive.
[T]here's one Count Sharnofsky, too, such another ambitious dry-chops, he hath not the grace to love good drink, and yet he hath the impudence to aim at the Crown. […] [H]e squints at it fearfully, and he hath an itch at the Princess too; (Landlord squints, and makes grim-faces,) but I hope the Cardinal will feage [footnote: "Whip" or "beat."] 'um all.
Beau[gard]. Hark ye, ye curs, keep off from snapping at my heels, or I shall so feague ye.
- 3.
(obsolete)To subject to some harmful scheme; to ‘do in’.
- 4.
(obsolete)To have sexual intercourse with.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(obsolete)An unkempt, slatternly person.
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From Dutch vegen (to sweep#Verb), from Middle Dutch vēghen (to [[cleanse), from *fegōn (to cleanse), from *faginōn, from Proto-Germanic *faginōną (to decorate, make beautiful), from Proto-Indo-European *pōḱ-, *pēḱ- (to clean, to adorn).