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.
Related terms
* douter, a cone-shaped device with a handle for extinguishing a candle and stopping the smoke.
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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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