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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hose-net(t, Hois-, n. A small fishing net resembling a stocking, affixed to a pole (J); used fig., espec. = ‘trap. snare’. — c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4762.
Thare herywalter thay spred in all countreis, And with thare hois nett daylie drawis to Rome The most fyne gold that is in Christindome
1590-1 Bruce Serm. Sacrament M 4 b (J).
Sa bee your awin words, yee haue drawne your selfes in a hose-net
1639 Baillie I. 220.
This put us all in a gast more nor ever, that we had been drawen in a hose nett
c1650 Spalding II. 376.
Thay war all drawin in ane hoiss net, fra the quhilk thay culd not flie
a1676 Guthry Mem. 184 (J).
That afterwards they might bring Montrose into a hose-net, they resolved to divide their army in two

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