thost
English
Etymology
From Middle English thost, from Old English þost (“dung; ordure”), from Proto-West Germanic *þost, from Proto-West Germanic *þost, from Proto-Germanic *þustaz (“manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to clear; empty; drain”).
Noun
thost (uncountable)
- (dialectal or obsolete) dung
- 1899, William Thomas Fernie, Animal Simples, Approved for Modern Uses of Cure:
- To do away a dwarf, i.e., epileptic fit or convulsion, "give to the troubled man to eat thost (dung) of a white hound, pounded to dust and mingled with meal and baked to a cake, ere the hour of the dwarfs seizure, whether by day or by night it be; [...]
Anagrams
Irish
Noun
thost
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English þost, from Proto-Germanic *þustaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θɔst/
Noun
thost (plural thostis)
- fecal matter; dung or feces, especially that of animals
- (rare) something without worth
Descendants
- English: thost
References
- “thost, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 October 2018.
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
thost
Welsh
Adjective
thost
- aspirate mutation of tost