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foss en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/fɒs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/fɔs/ (General-American)
/fɑs/ (General-American)
(Southern-England) audio

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of fosse.
alt of fosse

Forms

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foss en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

/fɔs/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Icelandic or Norwegian foss, both from Old Norse fors (“waterfall”). Doublet of force (“waterfall”).

Meanings

(Northern-England) A waterfall.
- Another of his flock was spotted garrotted, one found twisted and drowned at the bottom of a foss and a third split cleanly from scut to teeth. 2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 101:

Forms

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fosses	Number=Plur		lexicographic