fouse

verb — 3 senses

fouse

verb

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.

1

Dialectal To tumble, disarrange, rumple.

2

Dialectal To soil, dirty.

3

Dialectal, Of flowers To fade.

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