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Definition of Owsen
1. owse [n] - See also: owse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Owsen
Literary usage of Owsen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"S. There ivas a lass f And owsen frae the furrowed field Return sae ... S.
When o'er the hill\ And o'er the lea I leuk fu' fain When Jockey's owsen ..."
2. The pirate. By the author of 'Waverley'. by Walter Scott (1822)
"... that Triptolemus Yellowley, after measuring with his eyes the extraordinary
size of the whale, observed, that in his poor mind, " A wain with six owsen, ..."
3. Seven Gardens and a Palace by Eleanor Vere Gordon Boyle, E. V. B. (Eleanor Vere Boyle) (1900)
"... written down nineteen years ago from the lips of an old ploughman crooning by
the farm-kitchen fire— "Trembling strae maks trottin' owsen ;l Trottin' ..."
4. The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last by Walter Scott (1833)
"... that Triptolemus Yellow jey, after measuring with Ina eyes the extraordinary
size of the whale, observed, tnat in his poor mind, "A wain with six owsen, ..."
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