hosen.
/həʊz/, U.S. /hoʊz/ I. Senses relating to a leg-covering.† 2. Sometimes: an article of clothing for the legs and loins, = breeches, drawers; esp. in phrase doublet n. and hose, as the typical male apparel.† b. Apparently sometimes in singular with same sense.† c. shipman's hose (see shipman n. Compounds 2).
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a. An article of clothing for the leg; sometimes reaching down only to the ankle as a legging or gaiter, sometimes also covering the foot like a long stocking.† (a) Obsolete. In singular.figurative.1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 59 We must put on the Hose of Faith.
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a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 327/29 Caliga, uel ocrea, hosa.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7592 Þat ælc nome a long sax & læiden bi his sconke. wið-inne his hose.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 65 The firste man that he mette with an hose on that one foot & none on that other.
1483 Cath. Angl. 189/2 An Hose (A. Hoyse), caliga, caligula.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxiv. 89 Dydo beynge ther present..with one fote bare and the other hosse on.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie H 616 An Hose or nether stocke, crurale.
1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iv. 218 One Chanon ran With one hose off, the other scarcely on.
(b) In plural hosen, archaic or dialect; hoses, obsolete. Sense as in sense 1a(c).
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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 307 Insumer ȝe habbeð leaue barfot gan & sitten. Hosen wið uten uampeð ligge in hwase wule.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8013 Is chanberlein him broȝte..Amorewe uor to werie a peire hosen [v.rr. hoses, hose] of say.
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 860 Hauelok..Hauede neyþer hosen ne shon, Ne none kines oþe[r] wede.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xii. 8 Be thou gurd bifore, and do on thi hosis [L. caligas].
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. 1839 v. 59 Oure lord seyde to Moyses, ‘Do of þin hosen and thi schon: for the place þat þou stondest on is lond holy and blessed’.
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 458 Hir hosen weeren of fyn Scarlet reed.
c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) iii. 114 Thair hausyn beth of lyke caunuas, and passyn not thair kne, wher fore thai beth gartered and ther theis bare.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 232/2 Hosyn and shossys, chaussure.
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 190v/1 Wearing their hosen very close.
1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week ii. 15 Will she thy linnen wash or hosen darn.
1882 Good Words 23 602 With their spruce knee-breeches, hosen and buckles.
(c) collective plural hose. In modern use: stockings reaching to the knee. half-hose: short stockings or socks.From hose (as if = hoes), a false singular ho, stocking, is found in Scottish.
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1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8013 Is chanberlein him broȝte..Amorewe uor to werie a peire hosen [v.rr. hoses, hose] of say.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) viii. 31 Þai putte off þaire hose and þaire schone.
1538 Aberdeen Reg. V. 16 (Jam.) To pay him x sh. & the wtter part of a pair of hoyss.
1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1567) 82 b Some..go with their hose out at heles.
1579 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 282 Ten howis sewit with reid silk, grene silk and blak silk.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. i. 72 Hee beeing in loue, could not see to garter his hose . View more context for this quotation
1660 Acts Council Rutherglen in D. Ure Hist. Rutherglen (1793) 65 A paire of shooes and hoise.
1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 21 Her left Leg Ho was flung.
1776–81 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall lxv. (R.) The legs and feet were clothed in long hose and open sandals.
1807 J. Hogg Mountain Bard 193 His shoon was four pound weight a-piece; On ilka leg a ho had he.
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 588 Merino hose, half-hose, and socks.
1892 Labour Commission Gloss. (at cited word) Wrought-hose, a very elastic class of hosiery made wholly upon a hand-machine.
b. In plural. Coverings for the legs forming part of a suit of armour; greaves.
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shinbawde?a1400
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c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10546 His sconken he helede mid hosen of stele.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 3851 Hosen of iren he haþ on drawe.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 235 Wiþ is hosen of mayle he by-gon.
c1440 Partonope 1907 Armed wele Wyth hosyn of mayle made of stele.
c. one's heart in one's hose: see heart n., int., and adv. Phrases 5a.
a. Usually in plural (hosen, hoses, hose). Also (with reference to its original divided state) a pair of hose.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches
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strouses1600
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brogues1615
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knee-breeches1829
smalls1836
breekums1839
culotte1842
sine qua nons1850
terminations1863
trouserettes1875
strides1889
knee-breech1904
c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 895–7 Then drawe on his sokkis & hosyn..Strike his hosyn vppewarde..Þen trusse ye them vp strayte to his plesure.
c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 961 His shon, sokkis, & hosyn to draw of be ye bolde.
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 502 My dobelet and my hossys euer to~gether a-byde.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Dan. iii. D So these men were bounde in their cotes, hosen, shues [1611 in their coates, their hosen, and their hats].
1542 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 93 Ane pair of hois of cramasy velvott, all the theis laid out with small frenyeis of gold.
1563–4 Rolls Parl. V. 505/2 Nor that eny of the same Servauntez nor Laborers..use or were eny close Hoses, nor eny Hoses wherof the peyre shall excede in price xiiii d.
1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 227 Not knowing how to put on a paire of hose, made his wife holde them with both her hands abroade, and then rising..in the bed, leapt downe into his breeches.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 219 Falst. Their points being broken. Poy. Downe fell their hose . View more context for this quotation
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 34 They have carried away with them all that was in the pockets of their holliday hose.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. vi. 109 Three children cast..in their coats, their hosen and their Hats; by hosen we understand not stockins, but breeches.
1849 G. P. R. James Woodman II. viii. 144 You have got a new coat and hosen, I see.]
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1465 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 528 I haue not an hole hose for to do on.
1560 J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 134 A hart in a heelde hose, can neuer do weele.
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II. Senses relating to tubes, sheaths, and sockets.† 6. The bag at the lower end of a trawl-net or other fishing net: = cod n.1 5. Obsolete.
3. A flexible tube or pipe for the conveyance of water or other liquid to a place where it is wanted.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > hose-pipe
ooze?c1475
hose1495
hose-pipe1835
hosebag1868
1495–7 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 229 Halff an Oxe hyde..spent abought makyng of hoses for the pompes of the seid ship.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Building A Parish-Engine compleat, with Socket, Hose, and Leather-Pipe.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iii. 141 The casks may be filled in the long-boat with an hose.
1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 lxvii. 304 There should be two branches..to which the leather ouses should be screwed. Note, Ouses are pipes of the same nature with the leather pipes used with the fire-engines.
1788 Chambers's Cycl. (new ed.) Hoase in Sea-Language, is a long flexible tube, formed of leather or tarred canvas..to conduct the fresh water..into the casks.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 272 That if any of the hoses burst, the water may not escape from the receiver at the nozle.
1854 Hull Improvem. Act 36 Fire-plugs, hose and all necessary works..in case of fire.
1868 Daily Tel. 28 July If it were watered every evening by a hose.
4. A sheath or sheathing part; spec. the sheath enclosing the ear or straw of corn; the sheath or spathe of an Arum.In Halliwell, sheath is erroneously printed sheaf, which is copied by other dictionaries.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [noun]
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prophyllum1890
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > encasing or sheathing > that which
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casing1839
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a1450 Fysshynge wyth Angle (1883) 15 Thenne put your threde in at the hose twys or thries & lete it goo at eche tyme rounde abowte the yerde of your hoke. Thenne wete the hose & drawe it tyll that it be faste.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvii. clvii Stobble is properly that strawe wyth leues and hosen that is lefte in the felde after that repers haue repen the corn.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. vii. 323 It [Arum] carieth a certayne long codde, huske, or hose.
1620 Thomas's Dict. (ed. 12) Folliculus,..the greene huskes or hose of wheate or any other graine being young, and beginning to spire.
1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xii. §91 Corn bringeth Grains; that which is eared, in ears; the hosed in hosen; the codded in codds.
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden xxxii. 65 (Arum) At the top..standeth a long hollow Hose or Husk, close at the bottom, but open from the middle upwards, ending in a point.
1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Mar. i. 2 The Honey-dews..will then..so close and glew up the tender Hose of the Ear, that the unripe Wheat-kernels cannot expand themselves.
1813 J. Headrick Gen. View Agric. Angus 299 The disease of smut..is found in the ears before they have burst from the hose or seed~leaves.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Hose, the sheath or spathe of an ear of corn.
5. A socket. spec.
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a. The socket of any metal tool (as a spade or rake) which receives the handle or shaft.
b. In a printing press of the old type: a square wooden frame enclosing part of the spindle and serving as a support for keeping the platen level.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Planche,..the Till of a Printers Presse, or the shelfe that compasseth the Hose.
1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 96 (Jam.) With a hose or socket..made for holding of a pole or shaft; which being fixed into the hose, it may be thrust down into the earth.
1765 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. II. at Printing At each corner of the hose, there is an iron-hook fastened with pack-thread to those at each corner of the platten.
c. Golf. The socket into which the shaft of an iron club is fitted.
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1893 H. G. Hutchinson Golfing 21 A method of obviating the trouble of occasionally hitting the ball on the hose of these short-faced clubs.
1953 R. Harris Sixty Years Golf iii. 37 The sand-track iron is a most formidable looking bludgeon... The hose or socket is 6½ inches.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > bag at end of net
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cod end1855
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1630 Order in R. Griffiths Ess. Jurisdict. Thames (1746) 72 The Hose not to exceed eleven Feet in length, and in compass sixty Meishes.
1630 Order in R. Griffiths Ess. Jurisdict. Thames (1746) 73 To have the Hose or Cod of his Net full Inch and half.
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C1. General attributive.
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hose-cloth n.
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?1478 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 649 Also I beseche yow to sende me a hose clothe.
1543–4 Old City Acct. Bk. in Archæol. Jrnl. (1886) 43 Itm for iiij yards of hoose cloth.
hose-factor n.
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1703 London Gaz. No. 3879/4 He..for many years was a Hose-Factor in Freeman's-Yard.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 10 Sept. 8/2 He [Defoe] did not consider himself a ‘hosier’, that is, one who stood behind the counter selling hosiery, but ‘a hose factor’—a warehouseman in a small way.
hose-garter n.
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1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 30v Her hose garters vntied.
hose-heeler n.
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a1625 Fletcher Martial Maid ii. i Thou woollen-witted hose-heeler.
hose-maker n.
hose-yarn n.
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1581 Act 23 Eliz. c. 9 §1 Wools,..Cottons, Hose-Yarn.
b. (In sense 3.)
hose-carriage n.
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1829 Massachusetts Laws XI. 237 If any person shall..damage..any Engine, Hose Carriage…he shall be convicted.
1893 Daily News 12 Jan. 5/5 The bodies were conveyed on two hose carriages, on each of which were twelve fire~men in their helmets and uniforms.
hose-carrier n.
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1894 Westm. Gaz. 9 Oct. 5/2 As the hose-carrier was crossing the market~place the wheels skidded and the carrier turned over.
hose-cart n.
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1868 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1865–6 6 320 A large amount of three-inch hose always ready on hose carts.
1887 Times 19 Sept. 7 The firemen had run out the telescopic escape and the hose-cart, and were on the scene.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 27 July 6/2 Two new..fire-stations,..with a horsed-escape, a manual fire-escape, and a hose~cart.
hose-coupling n.
hose-maker n.
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1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton C ij We reden of two hosemakers.
1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 113 Twenty-third in order stand the hosemakers' shops.
hose-making n.
hose-man n.
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1808 Laws & Ordinances City N.-Y. xi. 50 The fire-department..shall consist of a chief engineer, and as many other engineers, fire-wardens, fire-engine men, hose-men, and hook and ladder-men, as are or may..be duly appointed.
1882 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly Nov. 596/1 ‘I'll summon the hose-man, who was on the ladder.’ A smoke-begrimed man, whose clothes were dripping wet, soon made his appearance.
hose-reel n.
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1837 W. Baddeley in Mechanics' Mag. 27 34 A little invention which I have termed a hose-reel.
hose-tender n.
hose-trough n.
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1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 186 The hose-troughs are small wooden tunnels, in which the powder-hose intended to communicate the fire to the charge is placed.
hose-van n.
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hose-bridge n. = hose-shield n.
hose company n. U.S. a company in charge of a fire-hose.
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hose company1806
1806 Massachusetts Spy 21 May The efforts of several hose and fire companies at length prevailed.
1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table iv. 106 More widely known through the Movamensing hose-company, and the Wistar parties.
1948 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 5 Dec. 21/2 The next and last contestant is Sound Point Protection Hose Company Number One!
hose-grass n. (a local name for) Holcus lanatus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > holcus grasses
holcus1771
white grass1780
hose-grass1811
whin-wrack1853
velvet-grass1856
Yorkshire fog1874
1811 W. Aiton Gen. View Agric. Ayr 287 (Jam.) Hose-grass or York~shire fog (Holcus lanatus), is next to rye-grass the most valuable grass.
hose-hook n. (a) a hook for raising the hose of a fire-engine; †(b) a hook by which the platen was attached to the hose (see sense 5b).
hose-husk n. a husk resembling a hose or stocking.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > seed-vessel or pericarp > [noun] > pod, husk, or siliqua
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codOE
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kida1722
hose-husk1728
silicula1760
silicle1785
silique1785
silicule1793
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Hose Hose-Husk, in Botany, a long round Husk within another, as in Pinks, Julyflowers, &c.
hose-jumper n. = hose-shield n.
hose-pipe n. = sense 3.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of spraying > spray [verb (transitive)] > with or as with a hose
hose-pipe1835
society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > hose-pipe
ooze?c1475
hose1495
hose-pipe1835
hosebag1868
1835 J. Martin New Gazetteer Virginia 139 The height of the reservoir, above these streets,..gives a jet of water by means of hose pipes, of some 60 to 80 feet elevation.
1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 64 The water of seven or eight ordinary hose-pipes.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Aug. 4/2 A friendly hand turned the hose-pipe upon them.
1930 R. Campbell Poems 17 With your fountainpen to spray the flowers, The hosepipe of your literary hours.
1973 J. Fleming You won't let me Finish xvii. 133 Around the cage were elephantine hose pipes to be used in case of emergency to protect the people at ground level.
hose-pipe v. transitive to spray (as) with a hose.
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1928 Daily Express 27 Sept. 8 A stream of the chief's choicest acid would be hosepiped his way.
1940 Flight 5 Dec. 468a/1 A stripped Lewis gun as used on trawlers and such-like ships for ‘hose-piping’ dive-bombers and low-fliers.
1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 96 Hosepipe, to spray liquid fire from a flame-thrower.
hose-protector n. = hose-shield n.
hose-ring n. humorous a fetter.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > for the feet or legs
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hose-ring?1515
hopshacklea1568
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wife1616
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wife1811
leg lock1815
ankle ring1823
anklet1835
hopple1888
Oregon boot1892
?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. B.ii I wyll go gyue hym these hose rynges.
hose-shield n. a device for the protection of firemen's hose lying across a street or road.
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North American slang. The penis.
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Roger1689
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handle?1731
machine1749
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poker1811
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Johnny?1833
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old man1902
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pizzle1902
willy1905
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mickey1909
pencil1916
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Johna1922
whangera1922
knob1922
tube1922
ding1926
pee-pee1927
prong1927
pud1927
hose1928
whang1928
dong1930
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weenie1939
length1949
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winkle1951
dinger1953
winky1954
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rig1964
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Percy1965
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schlong1967
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1928 in A. W. Read Lexical Evid. Folk Epigraphy Western N. Amer. (1935) 59 So now kind friends remember before the water flows please ajust [sic] the distance according to your hose.
1947 W. Guthrie in R. Shelton Born to Win (1965) 60 This hose, this dong, dick, this stick and rod and staff of birth.
1978 L. Kramer Faggots 252 Think every name from every stage of your educational development!..gadget, hammer, hang-down, honker, hose [etc.].
1999 M. Foley Mankind, have Nice Day! viii. 133 If my shorts housed a hose like Embry's, maybe I too would be prone to presenting my penis.
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hosev.
/həʊz/, U.S. /hoʊz/ 1. transitive. To furnish or provide with hose.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > covering for legs (and feet)
hosec1300
stock1430
strapple1607
stocking1755
gaiter1760
sock1897
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 971 Hwan he was cloþed, osed, and shod.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 29 Boþe i-hosed and i-schod.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. xxxii. 87 Thou wolt hose him, and take him noble robes.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 588/1 It costeth me monaye in the yere to hose and shoe my servauntes.
1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 13 The name of Chaucer..(being frenche, in Englishe signyfyinge one who shueth or hooseth a manne).
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia To Rdr. sig. A3 3 shillings, which now will scarce hose a frugall Peasant.
1834 Fraser's Mag. 10 416 The men degenerate shirted, cloaked, and hosed.
2. To water or drench with a hose. (hose n. 3.) Also with down. Also figurative and transferred and as n.
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1887 A. Brassey Last Voy. (1889) iv. 92 In the morning we go on deck at a very early hour... Then we are most of us hosed.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 11/3 All the..animals able to stand the application of water were repeatedly hosed.
1931 E. E. Cummings Let. 7 Jan. (1969) 119 Precisely as a cannon exploded, searchlights hozed the environs.
1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xvi. 143 A baldy and paunchy old cove, hosing down the footpath.
1939 H. Hodge Cab, Sir? ii. 15 A shirt-sleeved washer..is hosing down a late-night cab.
1947 Book Nine (Caxton Press, N.Z.) 23 Treat him [sc. the patient] sweet, Floss. Hose him out and get him clean for us.
1961 W. Vaughan-Thomas Anzio v. 86 SP guns, out on the right, hosed them with fire, but they pushed on resolutely.
1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo ix. 170 Roger Wheater hoses him with a blistering swathe of Swahili.
1969 Gloss. Landscape Work (B.S.I.) v. 25 Hosing down, the application of water by means of a hose to clean down buildings or other surfaces; or as a daily routine to control pests, dirt and humidity.
1971 Guardian 26 Aug. 22 Visitors to Piccadilly Circus, London, keeping out of the way of the regular hose-down.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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