Ooze

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OUSE, v. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Lin. Also written ous-, ouz Sh.I.; ouze Sh.&Ork.1 Or.I. (Jam.); owse Sh.I. n.Yks.1 n.Lin.1; owze n.Yks.2 e.Yks.1; and in forms houze n.Cy.; howse n.Yks.1 n.Yks.4; howze ne.Yks.1 e.Yks.; oost Sh.I. [auz, ouz, ūz.] To empty out liquid; to bale out a boat. Sh.I. Strik da head oot o' da drink kig and ouse da boat, Hibbert Desc. Sh. I. (1822) 224, ed. 1891; As Güd... is owsin oot ta me, Burgess Rasmie (1892) 45; Shü ows'd da kirnin' watter apo' da kirn wi' a shappin' can, Sh. News (July 23, 1898); (W.A.G.); Sh.&Ork.1, Or.I. (Jam.) Cai.1 To ouse o'er. To swish over. n.Cy. Grose (1790). n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2 Somebody must owze the long boat; n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 A'e ya owz'd t'watther oot on't? e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788); e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1 Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 347. n.Lin.1 Hence (1) Owse-room or Oost-room, sb. the compartment of a boat whence water is baled; (2) Howsing-can, sb. a can for baling. (1) Sh.I. He lint him apo' da shiv'l i' da owse room, Sh. News (Sept. 17, 1898); The boat was divided into six compartments, viz., forehead,.. oost-room, Spence Flk-Lore (1899) 127; The oost-room was always kept empty for the purpose of ousing or discharging water, SPENCE Flk-Lore 128. (2) n.Yks. (F.K.) [Norw. dial. ausa, to bale water out of a boat (Aasen); ON. ausa, to pump, esp. a ship; ausa, a ladle (Vigfusson).]