feague

Meanings

Verb

• 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.
• To beat or whip; to drive.
• To subject to some harmful scheme; to ‘do in’.
• To have sexual intercourse with.

Noun

• An unkempt, slatternly person.

Related

Similar words

• ginger

Origin

• From Dutch vegen ("to sweep#Verb"), from Middle Dutch vēghen ("to [[cleanse"), from Old Dutch *fegōn ("to cleanse"), from Proto-Germanic *faginōną ("to decorate, make beautiful"), from Proto-Indo-European *pōḱ-, *pēḱ-. Cognate with Danish feje ("to sweep"), German fegen ("to cleanse, scour, sweep"), Icelandic fægja ("to polish"), Swedish feja ("to sweep"). More at fay, fair, fake.
• Possibly from Dutch feeks, probably from vegen: see etymology of feague above. Compare Middle English vecke ("old woman").