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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HOSE, v.² Also hjos. Of fish: to seize bait greedily (Bnff., Abd. 1957). Also extended to human beings or other animals, to eat gluttonously (Abd. 1957). [ho:z]Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
De fish is hjost de bait, the fish has swallowed the bait far down so that the hook is fixed in the stomach.Mry.¹ 1925:
Rug, mannie, rug, yer baitie's hosed.Bnff. 1926 Banffshire Jnl. (18 May) 8:
A codlin' hauf inclined tae hose Flashed fire, syne sank again.Bnff. 1956 Banffshire Advertiser (3 May):
Fat noo, Pegasus, ye're hosin' in tae the girss, I see.