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Dout vs Aout - What's the difference?

dout | aout |

As a noun dout

is obsolete spelling of lang=en.

As a verb dout

is to put out; quench; extinguish; douse.

As a preposition aout is

eye dialect of out.

dout

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(head)

    • Etymology 2

    .

    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. ----

    aout

    English

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • * 1936, H.P. Lovecraft, "":
    • Ye see, they was able to live both in ant aout o' water–what they call amphibians, I guess.
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