different between oose vs ouse

English

Etymology 1

From Scots oose, an alternative form of oos, the plural form of oo (“wool”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /u?s/, /u?z/
• (Scotland, General American) IPA^(key): /uz/, /us/

Noun

oose (uncountable)

1. (Scotland) Fluff, particularly from a textile source such as cotton or wool.
   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, London: Hamish Hamilton, ISBN 978-0-241-14241-7; 1st US edition, Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, 2008, ISBN 978-0-15-101348-7; page 100:

     But I found how I could read in the bedroom and not lie on the bed. It was a wee place down between my bed and the wall where the door was. The bed was pressed against the wall but ye could just squash down and under. My da kept all suitcases under my bed but I shifted them the gether and it was easy to squash in. But when I came out it was all fluff and oose stuff down my pyjamas. My maw was shouting. Oh Kieron it is filfy it is just filfy.

Etymology 2

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Noun

oose

2. (US) Synonym of yucca.

Etymology 3

Verb

oose (third-person singular simple present ooses, present participle oosing, simple past and past participle oosed)

1. Archaic form of ooze.

Related terms

• oosy

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /us/, /uz/

Noun

oose

1. Alternative form of oos
2. fluff

English

Verb

ouse (third-person singular simple present ouses, present participle ousing, simple past and past participle oused)

1. Dated form of ooze.

Anagrams

• -eous

Chuukese

Etymology

ou- +? -se

Pronoun

ouse

1. you (plural) do not

Adjective

ouse

1. you (plural) are not
2. you (plural) were not

Related terms

Portuguese

Verb

ouse

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of ousar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of ousar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of ousar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of ousar

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English us, from Old English ?s.

Pronoun

ouse

1. us

References

Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN