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Douts vs Doust - What's the difference?

douts | doust |

As verbs the difference between douts and doust

is that douts is third-person singular of dout while doust is to extinguish, to destroy, to kill.

As a noun doust is

dust.

douts

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dout)

  • dout

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (head)
  • Etymology 2

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, dialectal, or, obsolete) To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.
  • The fire she lit was fanned rather than douted . ? Snowden.

    doust

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete, West Country) Dust.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, West Country) To extinguish, to destroy, to kill.
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  • (obsolete, West Country) To dust.
  • (obsolete, mining, chiefly, Cornish) To separate dust from ore.
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