hosing
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊzɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊzɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -əʊzɪŋ
Etymology 1[edit]
From hose + -ing (present participle ending).
Verb[edit]
hosing
- present participle and gerund of hose
Etymology 2[edit]
From hose + -ing (gerund ending).
Noun[edit]
hosing (plural hosings)
Etymology 3[edit]
From Middle English hosinge, hosiinge, hosiynge, equivalent to hose + -ing.
Noun[edit]
hosing
- (archaic) Material used for making hosiery.
- 1850, Daniel Drake, A Systematic Treatise, Historical, Etiological, and Practical, on the Principal Diseases of the Interior Valley of North America:
- Their hosing, also, in the middle and northern parts of the Valley, is quite insufficient; being generally of cotton or silk […]
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