possn.²

Brit.

/pɒs/, U.S.

/pɑs/

Forms: late Middle English 1600s posse, 1800s– poss.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: French pousse ; poss v.

Etymology: Either < Middle French, French pousse action of pushing, a knock (15th cent.; < pousser push v.; on the quality of the vowel see discussion at poss v.), or < poss v.

Now rare. In later use chiefly English regional (northern).

†1. A (bold) stroke; an effort, an attempt. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 175 (MED) Vnto my lady newe so streight y went With gastful hert that quoke for verry fere, How me were best to vttir myn entent, Yet at the last on this poore posse y-bent, When that ther stood no mo but she and y.

a. A heavy fall; a knock, a thump; a push, a shove.Recorded earliest in arse-poss n. at arse n. and int. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > a thrusting blow

sparc1540

job1560

push1563

thrusta1586

poss1611

jub1688

peg1728

jab1825

stab1902

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Culassé,..that hath receiued an arse-posse, or fall on the arse.

1882 F. Michel Crit. Inq. Sc. Lang. xviii. 383 Poss, pouss, v.a. to push. Fr. pousser. It is used as a noun.]

1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 179 Poss, a push.

1896 Leeds Merc. Suppl. 18 Apr. He coome dahn wi' such a poss!

b. The beating or pressing down of clothes, etc., in water to make them clean; an instance of this; (also) an implement used to beat clothes, a posser. Also in poss-stick.

ΚΠ

1863 Mrs. Toogood Specim. Yorks. Dial. Give the linen a good poss in the peggy tub.

1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 105/1 The poss, or posser, being a wooden pin ‘with a thick knob at the immersed end, worked through a hole in the lid’.

1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (rev. ed.) 248/2 Poss, a simple form of dolly in which the legs are replaced by two transverse cuts at the bottom of the stem where it is greatly reduced in diameter.

2002 P. Frank Yorks. Fisherfolk ix. 163 (caption) The fisherwoman at work with her poss-stick and peggy-tub.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

possv.

Brit.

/pɒs/, U.S.

/pɔs/,

/pɑs/, Scottish English

/pɔs/, Irish English

/pɒːs/

Forms: Middle English poce (East Anglian), Middle English pose (East Anglian), Middle English–1600s (1800s English regional (Lancashire)) posse, 1500s– poss.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: push v.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps originally a variant of push v. (compare Middle English variants in -s- , -ss- at that entry), with lowering of the vowel (see E.J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §97). Compare poss n.²Perhaps compare Middle French posse (15th cent. in an isolated attestation), variant of pousse , 1st singular present indicative of pousser push v., recorded only in sense ‘to breathe with difficulty’. In sense 3 perhaps partly imitative (compare e.g. soss v.¹, pash v.¹). With poss-tub n. at Compounds compare earlier possing tub n. at possing n. Compounds.

Now English regional (northern), Scottish, and Irish English.

a. intransitive. To thrust, drive; to push or thrust at something. Now chiefly: spec. (of a lamb or calf) to push something with the muzzle or head; to nudge, butt.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (intransitive)] > push

shovea900

thrustc1275

possc1300

push1527

c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 1011 (MED) Þe se bigan to posse [v.r. to gon] Riȝt in to Westernesse.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. Prol. 151 A cat..pleyde wiþ hem perilouslych and possed aboute.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. xii. 116 Possand at hym wyth his stalwart speyr.

1612 Edinb. Test. XLVII. f. 189^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) He wes so sair brused and strukene be Johne Hane..with his handis..and possit vpon him with his kneyis.

?1857 J. Scholes Tim Gamwattle's Jawnt ix. 45 Foak begun o thrutchin, possin, un tearin owey.

1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield 104 Poss, to rush, or plunge head first... Said of a lamb, ‘See haa he's possin t'owd ewe agean.’

1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 179 Poss, to push with the head as a calf does.

a1919 W. B. Kendall Forness Word Bk. (Cumbria County Archives, Barrow) (transcript of MS) Poss, to push; applied to calves and lambs when sucking.

†b. transitive. To push, shove, move by pressure. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 410 Posson [a1500 King's Cambr. pocyn], or schowe forthe (K. pocyn, P. pressyn, or showen), pello. Posson, presson, or schowe togedur, trudo.

2. transitive. To drive or thrust forcibly, or with a violent impact; to hit with a blow or stroke; to knock or toss about (a person or thing, esp. a boat). Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force > by striking or beating

smitec1330

swapa1375

inbeatc1420

possa1425

rushc1440

strike1450

ram1519

pash1530

thwack1566

whip1567

thump1596

lash1597

knocka1616

switcha1625

to knock down1653

to knock in1669

stave1837

whip1868

slog1884

to beat down-

the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push

thrustc1175

pilta1200

pingc1300

pote1340

pusha1350

beara1398

pokea1425

possa1425

pressc1425

shun1674

crowd1830

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 4479 Thus am I possed up and doun With dool, thought, and confusioun.

c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2420 The se..possith hym now up, now doun.

c1450 (?a1405) J. Lydgate Complaint Black Knight (Fairf.) 236 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 392 Thus betwext tweyn I possed am.

1472 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 126 (MED) Ofte remembrance of the trowbely wawes of love have..possid her to and fro in her owne mynde.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. v. 203 Chorineus..Syne with hys kne him possit with sic ane plat, That on the erd he spaldit him all flat.

1612 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 243 Ran vpone him, and with his kneyis and feit possit him vnder his feit, beft and dang him in the heid.

a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Poss, to punch or kick. North.

1819 ‘P. Bobbin’ Sequel to Lancs. Dial. 10 Theer the roultunt me, un possunt me that poke.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (at cited word) ‘Aw poss'd him ower heed’.

1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 387 Poss, to punch with the knee; to thump.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 259/2 Poss,..thump, strike, knock about.

†3. intransitive. To splash or tramp in mud or water. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (intransitive)] > splash or move about in (shallow) water

swalter?a1400

puddle1440

swalperc1540

swatter?1553

poss1575

soss1575

dabble1611

dibble1622

switter?a1800

plouter1808

squatter1808

slosh1844

splosh1930

1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. iv. sig. Aiiii To dyg and delue, in water, myre and claye Sossing and possing in the durte.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Libanius Sophista in Panoplie Epist. 306 This it is to posse in puddles.

4. transitive. To pound, beat down flat, squash; spec. (now historical) to beat or press down (clothes, etc.) in water in the process of washing. Also occasionally intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > beat flat or solid

rama1450

poss1611

pun1838

pound1850

tamp1879

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (transitive)] > by beating or stamping

battle1570

poss1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mettre à la flac, to..squash, clap, or posse downe.

1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1668) ii. v. 138 Take it forth, posse it, rinse it, and hang it up.

1677 R. Thoresby Corr. (1832) II. 433 Nasty women possing clothes with their feet.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Poss, to dash violently in water. ‘To poss clothes.’

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Poss, to dash, to shake anything violently in the water.

1896 Pogmoor Olmenack 65 Sha bent ovver t'peggy-tub, an poss'd, an sooapin t'cloas sha made a splash.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 239 Poss the meal inti the girnel.

1965 N. Munster Antiquarian Jrnl. 9 iv. 185 Who was possing the haycocks?

1987 E. Murray Churchill's Bodyguard (1988) i. 2 The boiling washing was taken off the fire and put into the big wooden tub where it had to be ‘possed’ with a heavy piece of rounded wood, up and down for hours on end.

2000 Northern Echo (Nexis) 29 May 9 Every washing day, out came the big tub and poss-stick and huge mangle. When I possed I used to sing.

Compounds

posskit n. = poss-tub n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > vessel for washing clothes in

wash-bowla1529

buck1530

boyne1532

washing-tub1560

wash-tub1602

bucking-tub1615

buck-vat1620

washing-bowl1622

swill1624

possing tub1659

suds-tub1805

bucking-vat1822

bucking-keir1823

peggy tub1823

poss-tub1829

pounding barrel1853

posskit1855

wash-boiler1875

washpot1926

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 133 Poss-kit, a large tub or barrel in which linen is ‘possed’ in hot water. The operation of possing..is performed by means of a staff with a thick knob at the immersed end, and a cross piece for a handle at the top.

1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 389 Posskit, a large tub, of barrel shape, in which heavy articles which have to be washed are possed.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 98/1 Posskit, another name for the possing-tub or peggy-tub.

poss stick n. = posser n.

ΚΠ

1890 ‘Austin Clare’ Pearl in Shell 123 She laid aside her poss-stick and rinsed the suds from her hands.

1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 150 Washing dollies,..also known as..poss sticks and peggy sticks,..are plunging, stirring and pounding devices, for working..dirt out of the clothes, etc.

1987 S. Eldred-Grigg Oracles Miracles ii. 30 Sadie was holding the poss stick, poking it up and down to stir the clothes in the copper.

poss-tub n. a large tub in which clothes, etc., are beaten in order to make them clean; cf. possing tub n. at possing n. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > vessel for washing clothes in

wash-bowla1529

buck1530

boyne1532

washing-tub1560

wash-tub1602

bucking-tub1615

buck-vat1620

washing-bowl1622

swill1624

possing tub1659

suds-tub1805

bucking-vat1822

bucking-keir1823

peggy tub1823

poss-tub1829

pounding barrel1853

posskit1855

wash-boiler1875

washpot1926

1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) 166 Poss, to dash clothes violently in water. ‘To poss clothes’—‘A poss tub’.

1894 Westm. Gaz. 26 Sept. 1/3 That her intelligence would have soared far beyond the pounding of dirty linen in ‘poss’ tubs.

1985 New Scientist 9 May 47/4 Hot water was transferred to a ‘posstub’ and the boiler refilled. Clothes had to be boiled, scrubbed with hard green soap, ‘possed’ (agitated by thumping a heavy wood or metal pole on top of them), rinsed, [etc.].

1994 C. Cookson Tinker's Girl i. i. 27 Facing her was a mangle and a poss-tub, together with a poss-stick.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poss
释义	† possn.¹ Forms: Middle English pos, Middle English–1500s posse. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: post n.¹ Etymology: Variant of post n.¹ (compare later regional variants without final -t at that entry).The precise sense in quot. c1540 is unclear. Obsolete. A long wooden post, esp. one used as a vertical support in building (cf. post n.¹ 1). Also in figurative context. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 148 (MED) Þe buones bereþ þe tendre uless, and þe pos þet hous. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 180 Strang, and stedeuest ase a pos ine his temple. c1450 (a1400) Chevalere Assigne 281 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances (1930) 869 (MED) Out of an hyȝe towre armour þe halenne, And a whyte shelde with a crosse vpon þe posse honged. c1540 Image Ipocrysy i, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 419/1 With staves and crosses, With pillers and posses, With standers and banners, Without good life or manners. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021). possn.² Brit. /pɒs/, U.S. /pɑs/ Forms: late Middle English 1600s posse, 1800s– poss. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: French pousse ; poss v. Etymology: Either < Middle French, French pousse action of pushing, a knock (15th cent.; < pousser push v.; on the quality of the vowel see discussion at poss v.), or < poss v. Now rare. In later use chiefly English regional (northern). †1. A (bold) stroke; an effort, an attempt. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 175 (MED) Vnto my lady newe so streight y went With gastful hert that quoke for verry fere, How me were best to vttir myn entent, Yet at the last on this poore posse y-bent, When that ther stood no mo but she and y. 2. a. A heavy fall; a knock, a thump; a push, a shove.Recorded earliest in arse-poss n. at arse n. and int. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > a thrusting blow sparc1540 job1560 push1563 thrusta1586 poss1611 jub1688 peg1728 jab1825 stab1902 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Culassé,..that hath receiued an arse-posse, or fall on the arse. 1882 F. Michel Crit. Inq. Sc. Lang. xviii. 383 Poss, pouss, v.a. to push. Fr. pousser. It is used as a noun.] 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 179 Poss, a push. 1896 Leeds Merc. Suppl. 18 Apr. He coome dahn wi' such a poss! b. The beating or pressing down of clothes, etc., in water to make them clean; an instance of this; (also) an implement used to beat clothes, a posser. Also in poss-stick. ΚΠ 1863 Mrs. Toogood Specim. Yorks. Dial. Give the linen a good poss in the peggy tub. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 105/1 The poss, or posser, being a wooden pin ‘with a thick knob at the immersed end, worked through a hole in the lid’. 1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (rev. ed.) 248/2 Poss, a simple form of dolly in which the legs are replaced by two transverse cuts at the bottom of the stem where it is greatly reduced in diameter. 2002 P. Frank Yorks. Fisherfolk ix. 163 (caption) The fisherwoman at work with her poss-stick and peggy-tub. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). possadj. Brit. /pɒs/, U.S. /pɑs/ Forms: 1800s pos, 1800s pos. (with point), 1800s– poss, 1900s– poss. (with point). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: possible adj. Etymology: Shortened < possible adj. colloquial. Short for possible adj. Chiefly in if poss, as soon as poss. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adjective] possiblec1384 possibly1542 resortible1586 feasible1611 mortal1616 maybe1687 poss1853 1853 J. R. Browne Journey Frangi xx. 181 To-morrow morning they intended, if poss, to depart. 1892 D. Chiderdoss in J. S. Farmer Musa Pedestris (1964) 189 I resolved, if pos., that I'd sample my lucky star. 1909 Punch 3 Mar. 160/1 People tell me I ought to have all the amusement poss to prevent me from brooding, so I'm making an effort. 1916 A. Huxley Let. 30 June (1969) 104 Think over this and let us have it as soon as poss. 1959 P. Bull I know Face i. 27 I only came back with four ambitions in mind: to learn a little about acting (if poss.), [etc.]. 2002 Guardian 6 July (Guide Suppl.) 46/3 (advt.) Tall, attract F 39, laughing eyes, likes windy beach walks, mountain bikes, R4, laughter. Seeks tall M for poss r/ship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). possv. Brit. /pɒs/, U.S. /pɔs/, /pɑs/, Scottish English /pɔs/, Irish English /pɒːs/ Forms: Middle English poce (East Anglian), Middle English pose (East Anglian), Middle English–1600s (1800s English regional (Lancashire)) posse, 1500s– poss. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: push v. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps originally a variant of push v. (compare Middle English variants in -s- , -ss- at that entry), with lowering of the vowel (see E.J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §97). Compare poss n.²Perhaps compare Middle French posse (15th cent. in an isolated attestation), variant of pousse , 1st singular present indicative of pousser push v., recorded only in sense ‘to breathe with difficulty’. In sense 3 perhaps partly imitative (compare e.g. soss v.¹, pash v.¹). With poss-tub n. at Compounds compare earlier possing tub n. at possing n. Compounds. Now English regional (northern), Scottish, and Irish English. 1. a. intransitive. To thrust, drive; to push or thrust at something. Now chiefly: spec. (of a lamb or calf) to push something with the muzzle or head; to nudge, butt. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (intransitive)] > push shovea900 thrustc1275 possc1300 push1527 c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 1011 (MED) Þe se bigan to posse [v.r. to gon] Riȝt in to Westernesse. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. Prol. 151 A cat..pleyde wiþ hem perilouslych and possed aboute. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. xii. 116 Possand at hym wyth his stalwart speyr. 1612 Edinb. Test. XLVII. f. 189^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) He wes so sair brused and strukene be Johne Hane..with his handis..and possit vpon him with his kneyis. ?1857 J. Scholes Tim Gamwattle's Jawnt ix. 45 Foak begun o thrutchin, possin, un tearin owey. 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield 104 Poss, to rush, or plunge head first... Said of a lamb, ‘See haa he's possin t'owd ewe agean.’ 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 179 Poss, to push with the head as a calf does. a1919 W. B. Kendall Forness Word Bk. (Cumbria County Archives, Barrow) (transcript of MS) Poss, to push; applied to calves and lambs when sucking. †b. transitive. To push, shove, move by pressure. Obsolete. ΚΠ Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 410 Posson [a1500 King's Cambr. pocyn], or schowe forthe (K. pocyn, P. pressyn, or showen), pello. Posson, presson, or schowe togedur, trudo. 2. transitive. To drive or thrust forcibly, or with a violent impact; to hit with a blow or stroke; to knock or toss about (a person or thing, esp. a boat). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force > by striking or beating smitec1330 swapa1375 inbeatc1420 possa1425 rushc1440 strike1450 ram1519 pash1530 thwack1566 whip1567 thump1596 lash1597 knocka1616 switcha1625 to knock down1653 to knock in1669 stave1837 whip1868 slog1884 to beat down- the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push thrustc1175 pilta1200 pingc1300 pote1340 pusha1350 beara1398 pokea1425 possa1425 pressc1425 shun1674 crowd1830 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 4479 Thus am I possed up and doun With dool, thought, and confusioun. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2420 The se..possith hym now up, now doun. c1450 (?a1405) J. Lydgate Complaint Black Knight (Fairf.) 236 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 392 Thus betwext tweyn I possed am. 1472 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 126 (MED) Ofte remembrance of the trowbely wawes of love have..possid her to and fro in her owne mynde. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. v. 203 Chorineus..Syne with hys kne him possit with sic ane plat, That on the erd he spaldit him all flat. 1612 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 243 Ran vpone him, and with his kneyis and feit possit him vnder his feit, beft and dang him in the heid. a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Poss, to punch or kick. North. 1819 ‘P. Bobbin’ Sequel to Lancs. Dial. 10 Theer the roultunt me, un possunt me that poke. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (at cited word) ‘Aw poss'd him ower heed’. 1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 387 Poss, to punch with the knee; to thump. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 259/2 Poss,..thump, strike, knock about. †3. intransitive. To splash or tramp in mud or water. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (intransitive)] > splash or move about in (shallow) water swalter?a1400 puddle1440 swalperc1540 swatter?1553 poss1575 soss1575 dabble1611 dibble1622 switter?a1800 plouter1808 squatter1808 slosh1844 splosh1930 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. iv. sig. Aiiii To dyg and delue, in water, myre and claye Sossing and possing in the durte. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Libanius Sophista in Panoplie Epist. 306 This it is to posse in puddles. 4. transitive. To pound, beat down flat, squash; spec. (now historical) to beat or press down (clothes, etc.) in water in the process of washing. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > beat flat or solid rama1450 poss1611 pun1838 pound1850 tamp1879 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (transitive)] > by beating or stamping battle1570 poss1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mettre à la flac, to..squash, clap, or posse downe. 1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1668) ii. v. 138 Take it forth, posse it, rinse it, and hang it up. 1677 R. Thoresby Corr. (1832) II. 433 Nasty women possing clothes with their feet. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Poss, to dash violently in water. ‘To poss clothes.’ 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Poss, to dash, to shake anything violently in the water. 1896 Pogmoor Olmenack 65 Sha bent ovver t'peggy-tub, an poss'd, an sooapin t'cloas sha made a splash. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 239 Poss the meal inti the girnel. 1965 N. Munster Antiquarian Jrnl. 9 iv. 185 Who was possing the haycocks? 1987 E. Murray Churchill's Bodyguard (1988) i. 2 The boiling washing was taken off the fire and put into the big wooden tub where it had to be ‘possed’ with a heavy piece of rounded wood, up and down for hours on end. 2000 Northern Echo (Nexis) 29 May 9 Every washing day, out came the big tub and poss-stick and huge mangle. When I possed I used to sing. Compounds posskit n. = poss-tub n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > vessel for washing clothes in wash-bowla1529 buck1530 boyne1532 washing-tub1560 wash-tub1602 bucking-tub1615 buck-vat1620 washing-bowl1622 swill1624 possing tub1659 suds-tub1805 bucking-vat1822 bucking-keir1823 peggy tub1823 poss-tub1829 pounding barrel1853 posskit1855 wash-boiler1875 washpot1926 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 133 Poss-kit, a large tub or barrel in which linen is ‘possed’ in hot water. The operation of possing..is performed by means of a staff with a thick knob at the immersed end, and a cross piece for a handle at the top. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 389 Posskit, a large tub, of barrel shape, in which heavy articles which have to be washed are possed. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 98/1 Posskit, another name for the possing-tub or peggy-tub. poss stick n. = posser n. ΚΠ 1890 ‘Austin Clare’ Pearl in Shell 123 She laid aside her poss-stick and rinsed the suds from her hands. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 150 Washing dollies,..also known as..poss sticks and peggy sticks,..are plunging, stirring and pounding devices, for working..dirt out of the clothes, etc. 1987 S. Eldred-Grigg Oracles Miracles ii. 30 Sadie was holding the poss stick, poking it up and down to stir the clothes in the copper. poss-tub n. a large tub in which clothes, etc., are beaten in order to make them clean; cf. possing tub n. at possing n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > vessel for washing clothes in wash-bowla1529 buck1530 boyne1532 washing-tub1560 wash-tub1602 bucking-tub1615 buck-vat1620 washing-bowl1622 swill1624 possing tub1659 suds-tub1805 bucking-vat1822 bucking-keir1823 peggy tub1823 poss-tub1829 pounding barrel1853 posskit1855 wash-boiler1875 washpot1926 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) 166 Poss, to dash clothes violently in water. ‘To poss clothes’—‘A poss tub’. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 26 Sept. 1/3 That her intelligence would have soared far beyond the pounding of dirty linen in ‘poss’ tubs. 1985 New Scientist 9 May 47/4 Hot water was transferred to a ‘posstub’ and the boiler refilled. Clothes had to be boiled, scrubbed with hard green soap, ‘possed’ (agitated by thumping a heavy wood or metal pole on top of them), rinsed, [etc.]. 1994 C. Cookson Tinker's Girl i. i. 27 Facing her was a mangle and a poss-tub, together with a poss-stick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1340n.²c1450adj.1853v.c1300
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