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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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
"Ou, sir, fat do ye think? the minister's shault's got lowse frae his tether, an' I'm frichtened he's ta'en the road doun to the auld glebe."
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman
An' for this broo, I wad clear awa the lowse stanes, an' lat the nait'ral gerse grow sweet an' fine, an' turn a lot o' bonny heelan' sheep on till't.
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
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
Neither can any creature lowse the bonds, save the blood of Christ.
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Then said Agrippa unto Festus: This man might have been lowsed if he had not appealed unto Cesar.
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Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be lowsed.
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Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison was shaken, and by and by all the doors opened, and every man's bonds were lowsed.
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And after that he must be lowsed for a little season.
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When we got to Drumquhat," continued Alec, "it was gey far on in the efternune, an' the minister an' my mither lowsed the powny an' stabled it afore gaun ben.
From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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