"fouse" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fouses [present, singular, third-person], fousing [participle, present], foused [participle, past], foused [past], fowse [alternative], fouce [alternative], fouss [alternative], fousse [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English fousen, fusen, from Old English fȳsan (“to hasten”), from Proto-West Germanic *funsijan (“to make ready”). Doublet of feeze, fease, and faze. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fousen}} Middle English fousen, {{inh|en|ang|fȳsan|t=to hasten}} Old English fȳsan (“to hasten”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*funsijan|t=to make ready}} Proto-West Germanic *funsijan (“to make ready”), {{doublet|en|feeze|fease|faze}} Doublet of feeze, fease, and faze Head templates: {{en-verb}} fouse (third-person singular simple present fouses, present participle fousing, simple past and past participle foused)
  1. (dialectal) To tumble, disarrange, rumple. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-fouse-en-verb-yLzH4kto Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 14 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 69 16 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 11 10
  2. (dialectal) To soil, dirty. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-fouse-en-verb-VATq2BTB
  3. (dialectal, of flowers) To fade. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-fouse-en-verb-9t6Se2sa
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