woose

British

/ wʊs /

noun

same as wuss

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And the liver by its heat, draweth woose and juice and turneth it into blood, and serveth the body and members therewith, to the use of feeding.

From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert

Those do they couer with the woose and the wiedes of the sea tempered together.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Hakluyt, Richard

Why, I'm a-gettèn rid ov ev'ry goose An' goslèn I've a-got: an' what is woose, I fear that I must zell my little cow.

From Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by Barnes, William

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