"dowst" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dowsts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dowst (plural dowsts)
  1. Obsolete form of dowse. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: dowse
    Sense id: en-dowst-en-noun-W3-sx-Z0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "c. 1615–1616, Thomas Middleton, John Fletcher, “The Nice Valour, or, The Passionate Mad-man”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):",
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