Doosed vs Dowsed - What's the difference?

doosed | dowsed |


As an adverb doosed

is eye dialect of lang=en.

As a verb dowsed is

past tense of dowse.

doosed

English

Alternative forms

* dooced

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • (degree, dated)
  • * 1867 , , 2006, Elibron Classics, Volume 1, page 151,
    • "Upon my word she's a doosed' good-looking little thing," said Archie, coming up to him, after having also shaken hands with her; — "' doosed good-looking, I call her."
  • * 1872 , Laurence William M. Lockhart, Fair to see , page 149,
    • I thought my nephew a fool ; I now know that he is a doosed sensible fellow, and the luckiest dog in Christendom — luckiest dog in Christendom, I declare.
  • * 1938 , G.B. Lancaster (), Promenade , page 143,
    • Accepted me, did she? Doosed awkward, that. I thought she had more sense.
    English degree adverbs

    dowsed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dowse)

    • dowse

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A blow on the face.

    • Verb

    (dows)
  • To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
  • To beat or thrash.
    • (Halliwell)
  • To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.

    • Anagrams

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