smeusen.
/smjuːs/, /smjuːz/, U.S. /smjus/, /smjuz/ A hole in a hedge, wall, etc.: see meuse v. and cf. smoot n.1A common dialect form, esp. in North Midland counties.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening or break in continuity > in a wall, hedge, fence, dike, etc.
sharda1000
gapc1380
slopc1386
slapc1425
intermission1624
gap-stead1644
gool1664
gateway1707
break1725
smeuse1819
rent1879
1819 in C. W. Hatfield Hist. Notices Doncaster (1866) I. 70 By the aid of his dark lantern he knew every smeuce in Wharncliffe or Tankersley parks.
1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 255 There was a smuice through the hedge just again' where I was stan'in'.
1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 304 There was only one hole—and that a mere smeuse—in the next blackthorn wall.
Derivatives
smeuse v. = meuse v.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [verb (intransitive)] > other actions of hounds
to be at bayc1515
blemish1575
to give the hare a turn1575
wrench1686
lurch1824
meuse1827
stream1849
smeuse1851
water1855
to run into shot1884
1851 R. Hill in Gosse Nat. Jamaica 388 The terrier..smuicing it under the brushwood.
1862 G. J. Whyte-Melville Inside Bar x The hounds threw their tongues merrily enough, when they were ‘smeusing’ through a fence.
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