Pize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pize is a noun meaning (British, regional, archaic) Used in various imprecatory expressions: a pest, a pox.
Meaning
(British, regional, archaic) Used in various imprecatory expressions: a pest, a pox.
More Meanings
- (transitive, dialect, Yorkshire) To strike or hit (a person).
Example Sentences
Ah! a pize upon it! Dick, after all, was the man.
Dame, what makes your ducks to die? / What the pize ails 'em? What the pize ails 'em?
Pize on 'em, they never think beforehand of any thing;—and if they commit Matrimony, 'tis as they commit Murder; out of a Frolick: And are ready to hang themſelves, or to be hang'd by the Law, the next Morning.— […]
Word Forms
- pizes
- pizing
- pized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pest, peize, peise, pishoge, pestis, spite.
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