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oosy

  • a word derived from oose.
    oose
    noun
    dust; fluff

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The best anchoring is on the eastern side of the bay, where there is sixteen and fourteen fathom upon an oosy bottom.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 by Robert Kerr

We had here twenty-two f. on oosy sand, the wind being E.S.E. and very fresh; but, from Cape Verelly till now, the wind had always blown from S.S.E. to S.W.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

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