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bowssening

bowssening is the present participle and gerund of bowssen.

Meaning of bowssen

Verb

bowssen (third-person singular simple present bowssens, present participle bowssening, simple past and past participle bowssened)

  1. (Cornwall, obsolete) To dunk or immerse (into water, for remedial purposes).
    • There were many bowssening places, for curing of mad men.1609, Richard Carew, “The Second Booke”, in The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC, folio 123, recto

Questions about bowssening

What is bowssening the present participle and gerund of?
Bowssening is the present participle and gerund of bowssen.

Words near bowssening in the dictionary

  1. bowsprit
  2. bowsprits
  3. bowspritted
  4. bowssen
  5. bowssened
  6. bowssening
  7. bowssens
  8. bowstave
  9. bowstaves
  10. bowster
  11. bowsters

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