veasen.
Now only south-western dialect.
A rush, impetus; a run before a leap. (Cf. feeze n. 1a, 1b.)
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > violent > an act or instance of
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > [noun] > running > a spell or act of > before a leap
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c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1127 And ther out cam a rage and swich a veze That it made al the gate for to rese.
1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos xii. N n 4 b This vp in hand he caught, and tremblyng at his foe did flyng, Arysing up therwith, and forth his vease he fet withall.
?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. N2v From whence Loues lightest Muses take their veeze To leape into those Seas, which Cares destroy.
1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia i. 41 In this flitting whirle-winde vease, I passe the Mountaines Pyrinees.
1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia viii. 346 O Marriners stay not my veaze, Headlong to plunge into the seas.
1646 in H. Dircks Life Marq. Worcester (1865) x. 171 I only would retire myself from further present charge, as a ram doth to take a greater vease.
1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 78 Every pease hath its veaze, and a bean fifteen..signifies Pease are flatulent, but Beans ten times more.
1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 80 Vaze,..the distance employed to increase the intensity of motion or action from a given point.
1875 A. Porson Notes Quaint Words Dial. S. Worcs. 26 What a vese they [sc. the hounds] did go, surely.
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