2. Verb. (intransitive) To enjoy being in a warm, close, stuffy place. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Frowst
1. to lounge in a stuffy room [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frowst
Literary usage of Frowst
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sabres and Spurs: the First Regiment Rhode Island Cavalry in the Civil War by Frederic Denison (1876)
"... frowst Marshal, ... PM Farrington, frowst Marshal Headquarters: Sir:—I have
the honor to forward you, ..."
2. The Harrovian by Harrow School (1870)
"... is the verb " to frowst," and this is perhaps the most difficult to give the
meaning of. It conveys the notion of the short sleep one gets on a holiday ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"... to pack mi i barrels fur winter '857- proven. Jaunt to see th' Queen, p. 46.
PROWSE, v. to stir. WAUGH. By th' mon, it has frowst my inside up — to some ..."
4. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, Edward Christian (1807)
"... and hospitallers) in order to protect them frowst feodal demands of their
lords, by virtue of the privileges C those religious and military orders. ..."
5. Some Contemporary Poets (1920) by Harold Monro, Thomas Sturge Moore (1920)
"Down in the frowst I heard them snore. Dawn was misty; the skies were still; "
Stand to ! " Somebody grunted and swore. Larks were singing, discordant and ..."
6. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"His masterpieces are The Ayrshire Legatees, The Annals of lite Parish, Sir Andrew
Wylie, The Entail, The frowst and Lawrie Todd. The Ayrshire Legatees gives ..."
7. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1897)
"The Probst of Wurzburg (frowst, kind of Head-Canon there); orthodox Papal he too;
and often gave his Brother George trouble. ..."
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