Definition of Chowsing

1. chowse [v] - See also: chowse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chowsing

chowhound
chowhounds
chowing
chowkidar
chowkidars
chowline
chowlines
chowri
chowries
chowris
chowry
chows
chowse
chowsed
chowses
chowsing (current term)
chowtime
chowtimes
choy sum
chrch
chrematistic
chrematistics
chreotechnics
chresard
chresards
chresmologue
chresmologues
chrestomathic
chrestomathies
chrestomathy

Literary usage of Chowsing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1869)
"... than the collectors heretofore employed in that duty ; but we entirely condemn and object to Mr Lowe's device for chowsing us out of a quarter's payment ..."

2. The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art, and Literature edited by J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish (1894)
"Wolves and bears are quite common, the former subsisting upon animal diet, ranging from frogs to deer, the latter chowsing by pre- ON THE CARRY, ..."

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