coose

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verb

To chase.

Scrabble 7

Meanings

verbcoose (third-person singular simple present cooses, present participle coosing, simple past and past participle coosed)

present singular third person cooses · participle present coosing · participle past coosed · past coosed

  1. CornwalltransitiveTo chase.

    They were by Canute led, and each had hair so red / That any bull'd have coosed him had he shown within his sight.

    1895, Joseph Thomas, Randigal Rhymes and a Glossary of Cornish Words, page 18
    1 more example

    […] 'coosed' him along the hall to the kitchen, he turning round to see if I was there all right and skidding on the polished floor, just as Peter used to do.

    1971, The Spectator (volume 227, part 2, page 933)
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