owse
noun
ox.
owsen
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pluralof owse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Young Robie was the brawest lad, The flower and pride of a' the glen; And he had owsen, sheep, and kye, And wanton naigies nine or ten.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
My Jockie toils upon the plain, Thro' wind and weet, thro' frost and snaw: And o'er the lea I leuk fu' fain, When Jockie's owsen hameward ca'.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
Up then and spake the brave Whitefoord, As he sat by the Bishop's knee, ‘Twenty white owsen, my gude lord, If ye'll grant Hughie the Græme to me.’
From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various
By many a winding road, from far and nigh, Came sheep and owsen, shelts, and stirks, and kye; Goodwives and men, and lads and lasses fair, Cracking their jokes, or courting pair and pair.
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Patrick Buchan
O lye ye here for owsen, dear sons, Or lie ye here for kye?
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
