A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1606, 1684
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]
Woose, n. [ME and e.m.E. woze, wose (both Ayenbite), owze, ouse (both 1587), oose (1601), woose (1638), OE wós, MLG wos(e.] Juice, sap, esp. that obtained from the bark of a tree. See washing woose (Weschyng vbl. n. 10 a (1)) for a further example. Also transf., the vital juices in the body. — 1684 Symson Descr. Galloway 97.
They let them [sc. hempen cords] ly in bark woose, which they say keeps the cords the longer from rotting —transf. 1606 Craig ii 47.
Pandora faire his woose infect'd allace With leprocie of loathsome cold disdane
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Woose n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 15 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/woose>
