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Definition of Possing
1. poss [v] - See also: poss
Lexicographical Neighbors of Possing
Literary usage of Possing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood: Illustrated by Conversations and by C. Clough Robinson (1862)
"possing-STICK. A possing-stick is a handle of wood with and another shorter one
cross-wise, near the possing-TUB. top, having a wooden base like a little ..."
2. Yorkshire Folk-talk: With Characteristics of Those who Speak it in the North by Marmaduke Charles Frederick Morris (1892)
"R. A tub in which heavy clothes, &c., are end of it, used for washing heavy
articles in a peggy-tub, washed by means of a possing-stick. Post-and-pan, adj. ..."
3. Yorkshire Folk-talk: With Characteristics of Those who Speak it in the North by Marmaduke Charles Frederick Morris (1892)
"R. A tub in which heavy clothes, &c., are end of it, used for washing heavy
articles in a peggy-tub, washed by means of a possing-stick. Fost-and-pan, adj. ..."
4. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"possing,, an action between thrusting and knocking ;" Gl. T. Bobbin. 2. To pound,
Ettr. For. 3. ... possing-TUB, *. A tub for one branch of washing. ..."
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