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coosing

coosing is the present participle and gerund of coose.

Meaning of coose

Verb

coose (third-person singular simple present cooses, present participle coosing, simple past and past participle coosed)

  1. (Cornwall, transitive) To chase.
    • They were by Canute led, and each had hair so red / That any bull'd have coosed him had he shown within his sight.1895, Joseph Thomas, Randigal Rhymes and a Glossary of Cornish Words, page 18

Questions about coosing

What is coosing the present participle and gerund of?
Coosing is the present participle and gerund of coose.

Words near coosing in the dictionary

  1. coosening
  2. coosens
  3. cooses
  4. coosin
  5. coosined
  6. coosing
  7. coosining
  8. coosins
  9. coossification
  10. coossified
  11. coossifies

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