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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1825, 1898
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‡PHRASE, v.2 Also fra(i)se, fraize. To scare, frighten. Gen. in ppl.adj. fraised, frais't, greatly surprised, having a wild, staring look (‡Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.).Rxb. 1825 Jam.:
One, overpowered by astonishment, is said to “look like a fraiz'd weasel”.s.Sc. 1898 E. Hamilton Mawkin iii.:
He looked that fraized I thought I would hae cracked my sides.
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