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dowst

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English

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Noun

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dowst (plural dowsts)

  1. Obsolete form of dowse.

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Anagrams

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Yola

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Verb

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dowst

  1. Alternative form of doost
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 9:
      Co Sooney, "Billeen dowst thee zee faads lewer,
      Says Alice "Billy, do you see what's yonder?"

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  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132