Definition of Chowse

1. to chouse [v CHOWSED, CHOWSING, CHOWSES] - See also: chouse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chowse

chowderlike
chowders
chowed
chowhound
chowhounds
chowing
chowkidar
chowkidars
chowline
chowlines
chowri
chowries
chowris
chowry
chows
chowse (current term)
chowsed
chowses
chowsing
chowtime
chowtimes
choy sum
chrch
chrematistic
chrematistics
chreotechnics
chresard
chresards
chresmologue
chresmologues

Literary usage of Chowse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa, in the Years 1818, 19, and 20 by George Francis Lyon (1821)
"Our chowse was here of great importance, for being in the service of the Bey, all the Arabs came to kiss his hands, and bring him presents, ..."

2. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke, John Smith (1867)
"... charge that he chowse a discrete and substancial jurie ; for the view of the bodie, and that no corrupcion should be used, or persons respected. ..."

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