lowse
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How to use lowse in a sentence
lowse the cradle band,” cried the child, “and tent the neighbours, an' I'll work yere wark.
The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney HartlandMan, there's no siller ye could pay wad mak' it worth our while to lowse ye.
Huntingtower | John BuchanMay the devil blaw me into the air, if I lowse a cannon this day!
Glimpses of Three Coasts | Helen Hunt JacksonThe pediculus and culex marinus the sea lowse and flie are also no strangeres.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne | Thomas Brownelowse the cradle band, quoth the elf, and tent the neighbours, an Ill work yer wark.
British Dictionary definitions for lowse
/ (laʊz, laʊs) Scot /
loose
(tr) to release; loose
(intr) to finish work
lowsing time the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
Origin of lowse
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