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Dousted vs Jousted - What's the difference?

dousted | jousted |

As verbs the difference between dousted and jousted

is that dousted is past tense of doust while jousted is past tense of joust.

dousted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (doust)

  • doust

    English

    Noun

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

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

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (joust)

  • joust

    English

    (Jousting)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
  • Synonyms

    * tilt

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
  • Derived terms

    * jouster