lowse

[ adjective adverb lohs; verb lohz ]

adjective

lowser lowsestlowsed lowsing

1. loose.

lowse

/ laʊz; laʊs /

adjective

1. loose

verb

1. tr to release; loose
2. intr to finish work
3. lowsing time
   the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time

Word History and Origins

Origin of lowse¹

a Scot variant of loose

Example Sentences

Folks gether in fra far an near,    When it is Feoffee-Day; An think they hev another lowse    Wi t’little bit o’ pay.

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"My lord, she begs some o' your bread,165 Bot and a cup o' your best wine, And bids you mind the lady's love That ance did lowse ye out o' pyne."

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"Ye'll bid him send me a piece of bread,145 Bot and a cup of his best wine; And bid him mind the lady's love That ance did lowse him out o' pyne."

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He was a "tight built, streight, beàny mak' iv a fellow, withoot a particle o' lowse flesh aboot him."

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Thus go the cries where they do house them, First they come to the grate, and then they go lowse them.

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