Definition of "feague" in English

verb

1. 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.

   • Run along to Hobson's Livery Stable and tell them I want a good fast horse, right? Something with a bit of fizz in its blood! Not some feagued-up old screw, and I know the difference! I want it here in half an hour! Off you go!

2. (obsolete) To beat or whip; to drive.

   • [T]here's one Count Sharnofsky, too, such another ambitious dry-chops, he hath not the grace to love good drink, and yet he hath the impudence to aim at the Crown. […] [H]e squints at it fearfully, and he hath an itch at the Princess too; (Landlord squints, and makes grim-faces,) but I hope the Cardinal will feage [footnote: "Whip" or "beat."] 'um all.
   • Beau[gard]. Hark ye, ye curs, keep off from snapping at my heels, or I shall so feague ye.

3. (obsolete) To subject to some harmful scheme; to ‘do in’.

4. (obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with.

noun

1. (obsolete) An unkempt, slatternly person.