▪ I. † doust Obs.
[perh. a var. of douse n.1: cf. also dust.]
A firm blow, a punch.
| a 1625 Fletcher Nice Valour iii. ii, Then there's your souse, your wherrit, and your dowst, Tugs on the hair, your bob o' th' lips, a whelp on't! Ibid. iv. i, How sweetly does this fellow take his dowst. 1719 D'Urfey Pills III. 14 Our..Knight..gave the Dragon such a doust. |
▪ II. doust(e
obs. form of dust.