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▪ I. pouce|paʊs, puːs|
[a. F. pousse (dial. and commerc.) dust, in 14th c. poulce, a deriv. of L. pulvis, or a by-form *pulvus, whence also Pr. pols dust, F. poussière.]
1. Flax-dust: so called by workers in flax-mills. Hence ˈpoucey, ˈpoucy a., affected with disease of the throat or lungs caused by pouce.
1880Antrim & Down Gloss., Pouce, the floating dust in rooms where flax is being dressed. Poucy, asthmatic, from the effects of inhaling ‘pouce’. 1884Quiver Mar. 299/2 Hacklers' disease..is produced by a kind of ‘pouce’, which being inhaled causes severe tickling in the throat. 1889Brit. Med. Jrnl. 30 Mar. 703/2 The name under which the dust is known among them is ‘pouce’, and those suffering from its effects are said to be ‘poucey’.
2. dial. (spelt also pous(e, powce, pows(e, peawse). Dust, dirt, rubbish, refuse, in various applications. Also as adj. Rubbishy, good-for-nothing. See Eng. Dial. Dict.
▪ II. pouce
obs. form of pulse n.1 |