dowset

English

Noun

dowset (plural dowsets)

1. Obsolete form of doucet.
   • 1826, [Walter Scott], Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, →OCLC:

     [they]amused themselves with broiling the umbles, or dowsets, of the deer, upon the glowing embers

References

• “dowset”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• owedst, stowed, towsed

Middle English

Adjective

dowset

1. Alternative form of doucet

Noun

dowset

1. Alternative form of doucet