owse

[ous]

noun, plural ows·en

[ou-suh n, -zuh n] /ˈaʊ sən, -zən/. Scot. and North England.

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Examples from the Web for owse

Salmon no com̄on fish in our riuers though many are taken in the owse.
Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk
Thomas Browne