ossn.

Brit.

/ɒs/, U.S.

/ɑs/

Forms: 1600s osse, 1900s– oss.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: oss v.

Etymology: < oss v.Frequently in P. Holland, in his versions of Latin authors, rendering classical Latin ōmen (compare also his use of oss v. to render classical Latin ōminārī ). Despite Holland's claim that the word is old and well known in the north of England (see quot. below), it has not been found in previous writers; his proposed derivation from ancient Greek ὄσσα ominous voice or sound, prophecy, premonition, must be rejected (see note s.v. oss v.):1600 P. Holland in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xli. xviii. 1107 (note) Valerius Maximus..calleth this Omen of his (which I commonly interprete (Osse) fortuitum vocis jactum... For want of a proper tearme to expresse the Latine (Omen) all translators hitherto, French, Italian, and English, have been put to their shifts, and helpe themselves with (Presage)... Whereas that other word (Osse) is very significant, and in analogie æquivalent to (Omen). I mervell much therefore, why it is thought either strange and new (seeing it is English, used no doubt commonly in times past, and at this day currant in the North-parts, where the people haply are more observant of such presages) rather than many other forraine words, brought into our language, and raunged with the English: or why it should be condemned as absonant and not pleasing to the eare, more than ὄσσα in Greek..from whence, who seeth not (Osse and Ossing both) are derived.

Now English regional (Yorkshire) and rare.

†1. A word of omen, a presage; an ominous or auspicious word; an auspicious greeting, a wishing of good luck. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun]

foretokenc888

tokeningc888

beaconc950

token971

handsela1200

boding1297

wonder1297

bodec1374

signa1387

foreboding1387

prenostica1393

prognosticc1425

prophetc1430

prognostication?a1439

ostentationa1450

prenostication?a1450

prodigy?a1450

augurationc1450

preparative1460

prenosticate?a1475

prenosticative?a1475

prodige1482

prenosticature1490

tokener1513

weird1513

show token1535

luck1538

prognosticate1541

preamble1548

proffer1548

presagition?c1550

foreshower1555

presage1560

portent1562

ostent1570

presagie1581

omen1582

presagement1586

luck sign1587

augury1588

prognosticon1588

forerunner1589

presager1591

halfner1594

spae1596

abode1598

oss1600

assign1601

augur1603

bodement1613

predictiona1616

prognosticala1618

bespeaker1624

portender1635

pre-indicant1659

foreshadow1834

boder1846

prognosticant1880

sky sign1880

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 3 We rather should begin with good osses and luckie forespeakings [L. bonis ominibus].

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 204 Portents..of prodigies and of Osses [L. Ominum].

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 139 All the osse and presage of good lucke.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. iv. 289/2 Virgil also maketh the Horse to bee a luckie Osse or foretokened successe in Battle.

1642 F. Kynaston Leoline & Sydanis 2768 It is an ominous osse the sea-man fears.

2. English regional (Yorkshire). An attempt at something.

ΚΠ

a1903 D. Lawton in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 362/2 [West Yorkshire] He made an oss at it an missed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ossv.

Brit.

/ɒs/, U.S.

/ɑs/, Welsh English

/ɔs/

Forms:

α. Middle English 1600s osse; English regional 1700s awst (past tense), 1700s– oss, 1800s osse, 1800s hoss (Derbyshire), 1800s hause (Lancashire), 1800s hawse (Lancashire), 1800s– ause, 1800s– awse, 1800s– orse, 1800s– oos'ses (3rd singular present indicative), 1900s– hos (Derbyshire).

β. English regional (chiefly midlands) 1800s– aust, 1800s– oast, 1800s– oost, 1800s– ost, 1900s– host (Lancashire).

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: halse v.¹

Etymology: Apparently originally a variant of halse v.¹, although the form is difficult to explain (however, compare forms at halsen v.).Frequently in P. Holland, in his versions of Latin authors, rendering classical Latin ōminārī and its synonyms; compare also his use of oss n. to render classical Latin ōmen . The latter has not been found in previous writers, although Holland refers to both noun and verb as old words well known in the north of England (see etymological note at oss n.). He believed the noun to be derived from ancient Greek ὄσσα ominous voice or sound, prophecy, premonition, and the verb from ancient Greek ὄσσεσθαι to presage, forebode. However, the similarity in form and sense cannot be more than coincidental. Compare also Welsh osio to offer to do, to attempt (16th cent.; < English (compare sense 3)). The β. forms, found chiefly in the central midlands, are inferred from the past tense.

Now English regional (midlands and northern) and Welsh English.

†1. transitive. To signify, indicate, or make known to somebody that something is the case. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)]

tokenc888

sayOE

tellc1175

note?c1225

signifyc1275

notifyc1390

signc1390

ossc1400

testify1445

point1477

betoken1486

indike?1541

demonstrate1558

to give show of1567

argue1585

portend1590

speak1594

denotate1597

denote1597

evidence1610

instance1616

bespeak1629

resent1638

indict1653

notificate1653

indicate1706

exhibit1799

to body forth1821

signalize1825

to speak for ——1832

index1862

signal1866

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > prophesy [verb (intransitive)]

witiec950

prophesyc1350

divine1362

forespeaka1400

ossc1400

prophet?c1450

fore-prophesy1581

vaticinate1623

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (intransitive)]

ossc1400

sign1601

abode1659

ominate1667

prognosticate1851

portend1887

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 213 (MED) He ossed hym by vnnynges þat þay vnder-nomen, Þat he watz flawen fro þe face of frelych dryȝtyn.

a. transitive. To signify (something) to be an omen; to presage, forebode, or prophesy; (also) to wish (a particular outcome, as good or ill luck). Also intransitive: to give oracular or prophetic indications; to foretell, to warn. Now rare.Apparently revived by W. H. Auden from dictionary record.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > prophesy [verb (transitive)]

prophesy1372

betoken1382

prophetize?a1400

spaea1400

tella1400

writec1405

ossc1450

destiny?1549

fore-prophesy1581

forewarn1582

vaticinate1652

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (transitive)]

betokenc1275

bode1387

prognostica1400

pretend1402

prognosticate?a1425

ossc1450

importc1487

prognostify1495

protendc1554

presage1562

abode1573

boden1573

denounce1581

importune1590

prejudicate1595

foretoken1598

ominate1598

auspicate1604

divine1607

foredeem1612

warranta1616

augur1630

preaugurate1635

prewarna1637

prenote1641

preominate1646

forespeak1667

omen1697

betidea1799

bespeak1851

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 2263 Þus answars þam þaire ald gode & osses on þis wyse.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 2307 Has þou ossed to Alexander þis ayndain [perh. read aidant] wirdes.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. v. xviii. 192 In this Election..yee osse and presage happely against the yeare ensuing, concord and unitie.

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 205 He [sc. Nero] heard withall, an out-crie and showt..of the Souldiours ossing all mischiefe at him & all good unto Galba [L. Galbae prospera ominantium].

1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars Annot. 18 b Nonis, quasi, non is, which literally osseth as much as, you go not.

1969 W. H. Auden Moon Landing in New Yorker 6 Sept. 38/2 A grand gesture. But what does it period? What does it osse?

†b. transitive. To foredoom. Obsolete. rare. [Perhaps originating in a misprint of ‘to osse unto the cittie’ as ‘to osse the cittie unto’ (i.e. properly an example of sense 2a; compare quot. 1606¹ at sense 2a).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [verb (transitive)] > decree, appoint, allot, or assign

setc1000

spinc1374

weirdc1550

forlot1566

oss1600

foredoom1608

condemn1653

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iii. lxi. 129 Vnwilling I am..to boden such miseries and to osse the cittie unto those calamities.

3. English regional and Welsh English.

a. transitive. To show readiness, offer, propose, or intend to do (something), to make a show of doing; to set about, prepare, be about to do. Also intransitive: to incline or show an inclination to.

ΚΠ

c1642 J. Cockshutt Let. in S. M. Ffarington Farington Papers (1856) 87 He heard that my Lo: Strange was to go to Warrington upon Monday, and from theare he was to goe to the King upon Tuesday, and on Wednesday he oss'd to come back again both dayes journeys.

1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 36 Osse: to Offer to doe, to aim at or intend to doe.

?1746 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. 24 I..leet oth' owd Mon ith Fowd ossing t' get o Tit-back.

1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. iii. 85 Soa yee see Ise ossin towart Hauskeepin.

1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South II. iii. 24 If I did see a friend who ossed to treat me, I never knew hoo lay a-dying here.

1870 W. E. A. Axon Black Knight of Ashton 56 An' nobody ossin' to do it.

1885 T. Hallam Four Dial. Words 60 ‘Eh Mary, w'ereta for?’ ‘O'm ossin' t'goo t'Eccles.’

a1903 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 362/1 [Worcestershire] He stood up and ‘ossed’ to fight me.

1974 D. Wilson Staffs. Dial. Words 49 Ost, to offer.

b. transitive. To attempt, endeavour, venture, or dare to do. Also intransitive: to try, make an attempt.

ΚΠ

1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 36 I did not osse to meddle with it. i.e. I did not dare, etc. fortè ab Audeo, Ausus.

1775 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lanc. Dial. 46 I durst os tite o tean o Bear by th' Tooth.

1829 J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. He ossed but failed.

1895 T. Pinnock Black Country Ann. in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 362/1 Do' yo' ost to touch me, or I'll ha' the law on yer.

1963 H. Orton & W. J. Halliday Surv. Eng. Dial. I. iii. 956 Q[uestion]. That boy didn't manage to win a prize at the sports, but I will say to his credit, he at least... [Yorkshire] Ossed rarely.

1985 K. Howarth Sounds Gradely Oss, to dare. Chorley.

c. transitive. To point, direct, or recommend (a person) to something advantageous.

ΚΠ

1826 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire at Oss To osse is likewise to recommend a person to assist you.

1885 T. Hallam Four Dial. Words 60 (Shropsh.) I ossed 'er to a place.

1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire I'll oss yŏ' to a good heifer.

d. intransitive. To bode or promise (well or ill), ‘shape up’ (well or ill).

ΚΠ

1872 Notes & Queries 4th Ser. 9 404 [Warwickshire] It is very commonly said, that such a man orsed well, meaning that he began well or attempted well.

1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. at Oozy That wench dunna seem to oss very well... 'Er 's as lazy as Ludlam's dog that laid 'im down to bark.

1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) I think the chap knows his work, 'e osses pretty well.

1999 D. Parry Gram. & Gloss. Conservative Anglo-Welsh Dial. Rural Wales 172/2 Ossing well, trying hard, improving, promising well, applied esp. to a child who is coming on nicely at his work.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oss
释义	ossn. Brit. /ɒs/, U.S. /ɑs/ Forms: 1600s osse, 1900s– oss. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: oss v. Etymology: < oss v.Frequently in P. Holland, in his versions of Latin authors, rendering classical Latin ōmen (compare also his use of oss v. to render classical Latin ōminārī ). Despite Holland's claim that the word is old and well known in the north of England (see quot. below), it has not been found in previous writers; his proposed derivation from ancient Greek ὄσσα ominous voice or sound, prophecy, premonition, must be rejected (see note s.v. oss v.):1600 P. Holland in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xli. xviii. 1107 (note) Valerius Maximus..calleth this Omen of his (which I commonly interprete (Osse) fortuitum vocis jactum... For want of a proper tearme to expresse the Latine (Omen) all translators hitherto, French, Italian, and English, have been put to their shifts, and helpe themselves with (Presage)... Whereas that other word (Osse) is very significant, and in analogie æquivalent to (Omen). I mervell much therefore, why it is thought either strange and new (seeing it is English, used no doubt commonly in times past, and at this day currant in the North-parts, where the people haply are more observant of such presages) rather than many other forraine words, brought into our language, and raunged with the English: or why it should be condemned as absonant and not pleasing to the eare, more than ὄσσα in Greek..from whence, who seeth not (Osse and Ossing both) are derived. Now English regional (Yorkshire) and rare. †1. A word of omen, a presage; an ominous or auspicious word; an auspicious greeting, a wishing of good luck. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] foretokenc888 tokeningc888 beaconc950 token971 handsela1200 boding1297 wonder1297 bodec1374 signa1387 foreboding1387 prenostica1393 prognosticc1425 prophetc1430 prognostication?a1439 ostentationa1450 prenostication?a1450 prodigy?a1450 augurationc1450 preparative1460 prenosticate?a1475 prenosticative?a1475 prodige1482 prenosticature1490 tokener1513 weird1513 show token1535 luck1538 prognosticate1541 preamble1548 proffer1548 presagition?c1550 foreshower1555 presage1560 portent1562 ostent1570 presagie1581 omen1582 presagement1586 luck sign1587 augury1588 prognosticon1588 forerunner1589 presager1591 halfner1594 spae1596 abode1598 oss1600 assign1601 augur1603 bodement1613 predictiona1616 prognosticala1618 bespeaker1624 portender1635 pre-indicant1659 foreshadow1834 boder1846 prognosticant1880 sky sign1880 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 3 We rather should begin with good osses and luckie forespeakings [L. bonis ominibus]. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 204 Portents..of prodigies and of Osses [L. Ominum]. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 139 All the osse and presage of good lucke. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. iv. 289/2 Virgil also maketh the Horse to bee a luckie Osse or foretokened successe in Battle. 1642 F. Kynaston Leoline & Sydanis 2768 It is an ominous osse the sea-man fears. 2. English regional (Yorkshire). An attempt at something. ΚΠ a1903 D. Lawton in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 362/2 [West Yorkshire] He made an oss at it an missed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ossv. Brit. /ɒs/, U.S. /ɑs/, Welsh English /ɔs/ Forms: α. Middle English 1600s osse; English regional 1700s awst (past tense), 1700s– oss, 1800s osse, 1800s hoss (Derbyshire), 1800s hause (Lancashire), 1800s hawse (Lancashire), 1800s– ause, 1800s– awse, 1800s– orse, 1800s– oos'ses (3rd singular present indicative), 1900s– hos (Derbyshire). β. English regional (chiefly midlands) 1800s– aust, 1800s– oast, 1800s– oost, 1800s– ost, 1900s– host (Lancashire). Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: halse v.¹ Etymology: Apparently originally a variant of halse v.¹, although the form is difficult to explain (however, compare forms at halsen v.).Frequently in P. Holland, in his versions of Latin authors, rendering classical Latin ōminārī and its synonyms; compare also his use of oss n. to render classical Latin ōmen . The latter has not been found in previous writers, although Holland refers to both noun and verb as old words well known in the north of England (see etymological note at oss n.). He believed the noun to be derived from ancient Greek ὄσσα ominous voice or sound, prophecy, premonition, and the verb from ancient Greek ὄσσεσθαι to presage, forebode. However, the similarity in form and sense cannot be more than coincidental. Compare also Welsh osio to offer to do, to attempt (16th cent.; < English (compare sense 3)). The β. forms, found chiefly in the central midlands, are inferred from the past tense. Now English regional (midlands and northern) and Welsh English. †1. transitive. To signify, indicate, or make known to somebody that something is the case. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)] tokenc888 sayOE tellc1175 note?c1225 signifyc1275 notifyc1390 signc1390 ossc1400 testify1445 point1477 betoken1486 indike?1541 demonstrate1558 to give show of1567 argue1585 portend1590 speak1594 denotate1597 denote1597 evidence1610 instance1616 bespeak1629 resent1638 indict1653 notificate1653 indicate1706 exhibit1799 to body forth1821 signalize1825 to speak for ——1832 index1862 signal1866 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > prophesy [verb (intransitive)] witiec950 prophesyc1350 divine1362 forespeaka1400 ossc1400 prophet?c1450 fore-prophesy1581 vaticinate1623 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (intransitive)] ossc1400 sign1601 abode1659 ominate1667 prognosticate1851 portend1887 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 213 (MED) He ossed hym by vnnynges þat þay vnder-nomen, Þat he watz flawen fro þe face of frelych dryȝtyn. 2. a. transitive. To signify (something) to be an omen; to presage, forebode, or prophesy; (also) to wish (a particular outcome, as good or ill luck). Also intransitive: to give oracular or prophetic indications; to foretell, to warn. Now rare.Apparently revived by W. H. Auden from dictionary record. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > prophesy [verb (transitive)] prophesy1372 betoken1382 prophetize?a1400 spaea1400 tella1400 writec1405 ossc1450 destiny?1549 fore-prophesy1581 forewarn1582 vaticinate1652 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (transitive)] betokenc1275 bode1387 prognostica1400 pretend1402 prognosticate?a1425 ossc1450 importc1487 prognostify1495 protendc1554 presage1562 abode1573 boden1573 denounce1581 importune1590 prejudicate1595 foretoken1598 ominate1598 auspicate1604 divine1607 foredeem1612 warranta1616 augur1630 preaugurate1635 prewarna1637 prenote1641 preominate1646 forespeak1667 omen1697 betidea1799 bespeak1851 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 2263 Þus answars þam þaire ald gode & osses on þis wyse. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 2307 Has þou ossed to Alexander þis ayndain [perh. read aidant] wirdes. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. v. xviii. 192 In this Election..yee osse and presage happely against the yeare ensuing, concord and unitie. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 205 He [sc. Nero] heard withall, an out-crie and showt..of the Souldiours ossing all mischiefe at him & all good unto Galba [L. Galbae prospera ominantium]. 1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars Annot. 18 b Nonis, quasi, non is, which literally osseth as much as, you go not. 1969 W. H. Auden Moon Landing in New Yorker 6 Sept. 38/2 A grand gesture. But what does it period? What does it osse? †b. transitive. To foredoom. Obsolete. rare. [Perhaps originating in a misprint of ‘to osse unto the cittie’ as ‘to osse the cittie unto’ (i.e. properly an example of sense 2a; compare quot. 1606¹ at sense 2a).] ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [verb (transitive)] > decree, appoint, allot, or assign setc1000 spinc1374 weirdc1550 forlot1566 oss1600 foredoom1608 condemn1653 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iii. lxi. 129 Vnwilling I am..to boden such miseries and to osse the cittie unto those calamities. 3. English regional and Welsh English. a. transitive. To show readiness, offer, propose, or intend to do (something), to make a show of doing; to set about, prepare, be about to do. Also intransitive: to incline or show an inclination to. ΚΠ c1642 J. Cockshutt Let. in S. M. Ffarington Farington Papers (1856) 87 He heard that my Lo: Strange was to go to Warrington upon Monday, and from theare he was to goe to the King upon Tuesday, and on Wednesday he oss'd to come back again both dayes journeys. 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 36 Osse: to Offer to doe, to aim at or intend to doe. ?1746 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. 24 I..leet oth' owd Mon ith Fowd ossing t' get o Tit-back. 1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. iii. 85 Soa yee see Ise ossin towart Hauskeepin. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South II. iii. 24 If I did see a friend who ossed to treat me, I never knew hoo lay a-dying here. 1870 W. E. A. Axon Black Knight of Ashton 56 An' nobody ossin' to do it. 1885 T. Hallam Four Dial. Words 60 ‘Eh Mary, w'ereta for?’ ‘O'm ossin' t'goo t'Eccles.’ a1903 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 362/1 [Worcestershire] He stood up and ‘ossed’ to fight me. 1974 D. Wilson Staffs. Dial. Words 49 Ost, to offer. b. transitive. To attempt, endeavour, venture, or dare to do. Also intransitive: to try, make an attempt. ΚΠ 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 36 I did not osse to meddle with it. i.e. I did not dare, etc. fortè ab Audeo, Ausus. 1775 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lanc. Dial. 46 I durst os tite o tean o Bear by th' Tooth. 1829 J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. He ossed but failed. 1895 T. Pinnock Black Country Ann. in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 362/1 Do' yo' ost to touch me, or I'll ha' the law on yer. 1963 H. Orton & W. J. Halliday Surv. Eng. Dial. I. iii. 956 Q[uestion]. That boy didn't manage to win a prize at the sports, but I will say to his credit, he at least... [Yorkshire] Ossed rarely. 1985 K. Howarth Sounds Gradely Oss, to dare. Chorley. c. transitive. To point, direct, or recommend (a person) to something advantageous. ΚΠ 1826 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire at Oss To osse is likewise to recommend a person to assist you. 1885 T. Hallam Four Dial. Words 60 (Shropsh.) I ossed 'er to a place. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire I'll oss yŏ' to a good heifer. d. intransitive. To bode or promise (well or ill), ‘shape up’ (well or ill). ΚΠ 1872 Notes & Queries 4th Ser. 9 404 [Warwickshire] It is very commonly said, that such a man orsed well, meaning that he began well or attempted well. 1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. at Oozy That wench dunna seem to oss very well... 'Er 's as lazy as Ludlam's dog that laid 'im down to bark. 1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) I think the chap knows his work, 'e osses pretty well. 1999 D. Parry Gram. & Gloss. Conservative Anglo-Welsh Dial. Rural Wales 172/2 Ossing well, trying hard, improving, promising well, applied esp. to a child who is coming on nicely at his work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas OSS OSS n. U.S. Office of Strategic Services. ΚΠ 1943 Newsweek 25 Jan. 26/2 OSS is the planning agency in psychological warfare for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 1972 K. Benton Spy in Chancery viii. 83 We were together in Italy at the end of the war. I was in the OSS and he'd switched over to MI 6. 1995 Grand Royal No. 2. 88/1 The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) wartime precursor to the CIA, begins search for a drug that will force subjects of interrogation to reveal secrets. extracted from On.¹ < n.1600v.c1400 as lemmas
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