Fise

Also foise, fice. [Cf. Sw. fis, Da. fiis.]

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† 1. = FIST sb.² 1.

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14[?]. Nominale, in Wr.-Wülcker, 679. Hec lirida, a fyse.

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1823. Egan, Grose’s Dict. Vulgar Tongue, Fice or Foyse, a small windy escape backwards.

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2. U.S. dial. (See quot. Cf. FIST sb.² 3.)

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1872. Schele de Vere, Americanisms, 470. Fice or phyce … designates very generally in the South a small worthless cur.

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† 3. attrib. fise-ball = fist-ball.

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a. 1300. Cursor M., 2877 (Cott.).

	Þar-bi groues sum apell tre,
	Wit appuls selcut fair to se,
	Quen þai ar in hand, als a fise bal,
	To poudir wit a stink þai fal.

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