Oost
[ ohst ]
/ oʊst /
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noun
Ja·cob van [yah-kawp vahn], /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/, 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
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How to use Oost in a sentence
In this yere the kyng with a gret oost wente into Walys and30 remeved and brak the sege of the castell of Flynt and Rothelan.
A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483|AnonymousYeven under oure signet in oure oost at oure toun of Mante the xij day of July.
London and the Kingdom - Volume III|Reginald R. SharpeOf whiche schrews al be e oost neuer so grete it is to dispyse.
Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's 'De Consolatione Philosophiae'|Geoffrey Chaucer