Losse

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A lynx. obsolete

    "A losse went to prepare to hunt."

  2. 2
    Obsolete spelling of loss. alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Who dyes the vtmoſt dolor doth abye, / But who that liues, is lefte to waile his loſſe: / So life is loſſe, and death felicity."

Synonyms

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lynx

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"A losse went to prepare to hunt."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Dutch los, from Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

Etymology 2

See loss.

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