Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A disease incident to cattle, especially to calves, characterized by a husky cough, loss of appetite, dry muzzle, coat rough and staring, quickened respiration, the horns hot, but the ears, nose, and legs cold, and the bowels frequently constipated.
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- noun
house
Etymologies
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Examples
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"just get back into my ain hoose and doe for mysel," - for all so well cared for as she is!
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The hoose is yer ain to come and gang as ye see fit.
Heather and Snow George MacDonald 1864
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The maister o 'the hoose was a yoong man awa' upo ''s traivels, I kenna whaur -- somewhaur upo' the continent, but that's a mickle word; an 'as he had the intention o' bein 'awa' for some time to come, no carin 'to settle doon aff han' an 'luik efter his ain, there was but ane gey auld wuman to hoosekeep, an' me to help her, an 'a man or twa aboot the place to luik efter the gairden -- an' that was a '.
Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864
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Then we were trying to describe this annoying goose thing that we saw at the fair, and Charlotte kept thinking that we were saying "hoose" instead of goose, and it was a pretty fun night.
slemondropp Diary Entry slemondropp 2004
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So we went back to her "hoose", a non-descript council house in a deprived sink estate.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Folks tak 'their rooms a month in advance; they come here for the fishin' on the loch, and because my hoose is the maist comfortable in the Hielands. "
The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story Charles Bryce
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The hoose is a'maist soomin ', but ye've nae need to fear. "
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Weighing in at 15% alcohol and with the caffeine equivalent of eight cans of Coke, this low-priced drink has been dubbed “wreck the hoose juice” (hoose being the Scottish pronunciation of “house”) or “commotion lotion.”
Hoose juice, blogs, cheap Pinot, wine in food stores – sipped and spit | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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April 6, 2010 at 5:49 am iz frum lower mitchey gun, an most ole tymers talk lyk taht… iz lived in calee for nye yay for 30 yeers an peeps say i still do dat ‘out/oot’ ‘houes/hoose’ etc. peep aks whut part ob candeeda iz frum, i sez teh mitchy gun part…
Back Talking Kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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In my former life, 20 years ago, as an employee of the Dept of Social Security (as it was then), many a girl would tell me she had only had a wean to get a hoose.
Public Officials Did Not Kill “Baby P” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
heidikraut commented on the word hoose
house
interestingly the german for house - Haus - is pronounced as hoose in Swiss German dialect.
May 8, 2009
frogapplause commented on the word hoose
"Both hoose and fig leaf were the nearest things at hand, to cover a man who was ashamed to be naked." —Enchantment
May 4, 2010