Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
ooze .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Tanner's ooze. See
ooze , 3.
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Examples
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"owse," as David called it, when thus describing Mr. Sutherland's progress in corporal development; for he took a fatherly pride in the youth, to whom, at the same time, he looked up with submission, as his master in learning.
David Elginbrod George MacDonald 1864
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The silliness of so much space opera is balanced here by a grimness that owse a good deal to the Black Mask school of writing.
Archive 2008-06-01 Ed Gorman 2008
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The silliness of so much space opera is balanced here by a grimness that owse a good deal to the Black Mask school of writing.
Northwest of Earth Ed Gorman 2008
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Mo re det ails, pl ease ju st br owse o ur we b si te
Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton 2010
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Mo re det ails, pl ease ju st br owse o ur we b si te
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What I mainteen is, 'at though they div weir awa' the rocks, that's nae mair their design nor it's the design o 'a yewky owse to kill the tree whan he rubs hit's skin an' his ain aff thegither. "
Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864
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