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fizum, faizim, faisum, fezum, fayzim noun
1 grass, hay or straw 19-.
2 hair; horse hair 20-.
3 wire 20.
4 thread 20. etymology: origin obscure; form fayzim attested in Shelta for the senses 1, 2 and 3; form faizim also collected by EMcC/PS and attested by JS and BS in TDITA; form faizim sense 1 and 2 also attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies; sense 2 attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies; sense 3 also attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies and SS; forms fezum, fayzim, fizum attested in Shelta for all senses; form fezum sense 1 collected by RD note:

Cited by Canadian Paul Pope (2013) the forms ‘fazim, faezum’ and defined as ‘hay, grass, hair’.