feague: Word of the day for December 13, 2016
feague , v :
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 fundament. (obsolete) To beat or whip; to drive. (obsolete) To subject to some harmful scheme; to ‘do in’. […] To mark Koninkrijksdag (Kingdom Day; 15 December), which commemorates the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, we are featuring a series of words of Dutch origin.
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 fundament. (obsolete) To beat or whip; to drive. (obsolete) To subject to some harmful scheme; to ‘do in’. […] To mark Koninkrijksdag (Kingdom Day; 15 December), which commemorates the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, we are featuring a series of words of Dutch origin.
