Obs. Sc. form of FOSSÉ, ditch. Also 6 fous(s)ie, -y, fowse(a.
1501. Douglas, Pal. Hon., III. lxxxviii.
| Unto that gudlie garth thus we proceid, | |
| Quhilk with a large fousie far on breid, | |
| Inueronit was quhair fisches war enew. |
a. 1572. Knox, Hist. Ref., Wks. (1846), I. 175. His head was brokin, the keyis tackin frome him, and he castin in the fowsea.
1637. Adamson, in R. Ford, Harp of Perthshire (1893), 5.
| And turning home, we spared nor dyke nor fowsie, | |
| Untill we came unto the Boot of Bowsie. |
[1861. W. Bell, Dict. Law Scotl., Fossa, a pit or fowsie.]
