thost

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English thost, from Old English þost (dung; ordure), from Proto-West Germanic *þost, from Proto-West Germanic *þost, from Proto-Germanic *þustaz (manure), from Proto-Indo-European *tews- (to clear; empty; drain).

Noun[edit]

thost (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) dung
    • 1899, William Thomas Fernie, Animal Simples, Approved for Modern Uses of Cure:
      To do away a dwarf, i.e., epileptic fit or convulsion, "give to the troubled man to eat thost (dung) of a white hound, pounded to dust and mingled with meal and baked to a cake, ere the hour of the dwarfs seizure, whether by day or by night it be; [...]

Anagrams[edit]

Irish[edit]

Noun[edit]

thost

  1. Lenited form of tost.

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English þost, from Proto-Germanic *þustaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

thost (plural thostis)

  1. fecal matter; dung or feces, especially that of animals
  2. (rare) something without worth

Descendants[edit]

  • English: thost

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Noun[edit]

thost

  1. Lenited form of tost.