poss
Alternative form of poss.
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
• 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
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
