POSS

Etymology 1

Adjective

poss

Alternative form of poss.

Etymology 2

Verb

poss (third-person singular simple present posses, present participle possing, simple past and past participle possed)

(archaic) To mix with a vertical motion, especially when agitating laundry in a tub.

(obsolete, UK, dialect) To push; to dash; to throw.

Piers Plowman

Anagrams

• OPSS, PSOs, SOPs, SPSO, psso, sops

Source: Wiktionary


Poss, v. t. Etym: [See Push.]

Definition: To push; to dash; to throw. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] A cat . . . possed them [the rats] about. Piers Plowman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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