| 释义 |
† ˈfowsie Obs.
Also 6 fous(s)ie, -y, fowse(a.
Sc. form of fossé, ditch.
1501Douglas Pal. Hon. iii. lxxxviii, That gudlie garth..Quhilk with a large fousie..Inueronit was. a1572Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 175 His head was brokin..and he castin in the fowsea. 1637Adamson in R. Ford Harp of Perthsh. (1893) 5 Turning home we spared nor dyke nor fowsie. [1861W. Bell Dict. Law Scot., Fossa, a pit or fowsie.] |