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Tousel vs Housel - What's the difference?

tousel | housel |

As verbs the difference between tousel and housel

is that tousel is alternative form of tousle while housel is to administer the Eucharist to.

As a noun housel is

the Eucharist.

tousel

English

Verb

    • housel

    English

    (wikipedia housel)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) housel, from (etyl) (OED). The OED cites usage of the noun from the 10th to the 17th century. 19th century use is deliberately archaizing. The verb is attested from the 11th century, and in occasional usage persists into the 19th.

    Noun

  • (archaic) the Eucharist
  • * 1922 ,
    • She said that he had a fair sweet death through God His goodness with mass-priest to be shriven, holy housel and sick men’s oil to his limbs.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) houselen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • (archaic) To administer the Eucharist to.
  • (rare) To prepare for a journey.
  • * 1750 , Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Mr. Theobald (Lewis), The Works of Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher :
    • So housel all our hackneys that they may feel Compunction in their feet, and tire at Highgate.
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