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chowsed (obsolete)

simple past tense and past participle of chowse
- a. 1684, Butler, Samuel, Hudibras, first part, corrected and amended, with several additions and annotations edition, London: Sawbridge [u.a.], published 1709, OCLC 3352454, page 133, lines 1009–1010:
  He ſtole your cloak, and pick'd your pocket,
  Chowſ'd and caldeſ'd you like a blockhead,
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:chowsed.