chowsed

English

Verb

chowsed (obsolete)

1. simple past and past participle of chowse
   • a. 1684, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, corrected and amended, with several additions and annotations edition, first part, London: Sawbridge [u.a.], published 1709, →OCLC, pages 133, lines 1009–1010:

     He ſtole your cloak, and pick'd your pocket,
     Chowſ'd and caldeſ'd you like a blockhead,

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Anagrams

• cowshed