dizen

dizen
dizenment, n.
/duy"zeuhn, diz"euhn/, v.t. Archaic.
to deck with clothes or finery; bedizen.
[1520-30; dis- bunch of flax on a DISTAFF + -EN1]

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  • Dizened — Dizen Diz en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dizened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dizening}.] [Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to dizzy: but cf. also OE. dysyn (Palsgrave) to put tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it. Cf. {Distaff}.] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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