dowst

English

Noun

dowst (plural dowsts)

Obsolete form of dowse.
- c. 1615–1616, Thomas Middleton; John Fletcher, “The Nice Valovr, or, The Passionate Mad-man”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  How sweetly does this fellow take his dowst

References

dowst in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

WOTDs, WSDOT

Yola

Verb

dowst

second-person singular simple present form of doone
- 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 9:
  Co Sooney, "Billeen dowst thee zee faads lewer,
  Says Alice "Billy, do you see what's yonder?"

References

Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132

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