lowse
Americanadjective
adjective
verb
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(tr) to release; loose
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(intr) to finish work
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the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
Etymology
Origin of lowse
a Scot variant of loose
Example Sentences
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That Christ gave power to Petir onlie, and not to his successouris, to bynd and lowse within the Kyrk. vi.
From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David
"Haste ye away!" cried she, "lest the soldiers break lowse and come and find ye here!"
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
John Metcalfe has gitten all shorn an' mawn, All but a few standards an' a bit o' lowse corn.
From Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems by Moorman, Frederic William
"An' I'm no to lowse sicht o' ye till ye hae put in yer appearance," he added; "sae gien ye dinna come peaceable, I maun gar ye."
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
As sune as ever ye spy her lowse i' the yard be aff wi' ye to Willie Macwha.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George
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