Past tense of feak; twisted, fidgeted, or restlessly manipulated something.
Simple past tense of 'feak.' The -ed suffix is applied to the base verb to indicate a completed action in past time.
This is essentially a fossil word—you'll find it only in unabridged historical dictionaries and old regional texts, making it a perfect example of how verbs disappear from living language when their meanings get absorbed by more common replacements like 'fidget.'
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