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▪ I. † doust Obs.
[perh. a var. of douse n.1: cf. also dust.]
A firm blow, a punch.
a1625Fletcher Nice Valour iii. ii, Then there's your souse, your wherrit, and your dowst, Tugs on the hair, your bob o' th' lips, a whelp on't! Ibid. iv. i, How sweetly does this fellow take his dowst. 1719D'Urfey Pills III. 14 Our..Knight..gave the Dragon such a doust.
▪ II. doust(e
obs. form of dust. |