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osses

osses is the plural of oss.

Meaning of oss

Verb

oss

  1. (dialectal) To set about, or intend be inclined to set about (doing something).
    • JENNET. [...] Soa yee see Ise ossin towart hausekeepin. SARAH. Whya nowt but weel. Wees nit hev the weddin an kirsenin at yaa time, that's a cumfort. JENNET. Hed Sammy ivver offerd onny thing that's mismannerd to me, awr courtship wod sean hae[…]1840, Ann Coward Wheeler, The Westmoreland Dialect in Four Familiar Dialogues: In which an Attempt is Made to Illustrate the Provincial Idiom, page 64
  2. (dialectal) To offer (to do something).
    • an' nobody ossin' to do it1870, Axon, Black Kt., page 56, quoted in the EDD

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Noun capitalized: OSSes

OSSes

  1. (plural) plural of OSS

Questions about osses

What is osses the plural of?
Osses is the plural of oss.
What part of speech is osses?
Osses is a noun.

Words near osses in the dictionary

  1. osseoseptocutaneous
  2. osseous
  3. osseous labyrinth
  4. osseous tissue
  5. osseously
  6. osses
  7. Osset
  8. Ossete
  9. osseter
  10. osseters
  11. Ossetes

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