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)

  1. (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

  1. lenited form of tost

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English þost, from Proto-Germanic *þustaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θɔst/

Noun

thost (plural thostis)

  1. fecal matter; dung or feces, especially that of animals
  2. (rare) something without worth

Descendants

  • English: thost

References

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

thost

  1. lenited form of tost

Welsh

Adjective

thost

  1. aspirate mutation of tost

Mutation

Mutated forms of tost
radical soft nasal aspirate
tost dost nhost thost

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.