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/ɒs/ · verb
(dialectal) To set about, or intend be inclined to set about (doing something)..
JENNET. [...] Soa yee see Ise ossin towart hausekeepin. SARAH. Whya nowt but weel. Wees nit hev the weddin an kirsenin at yaa time, that's a cumfort. JENNET. Hed Sammy ivver offerd onny thing that's mismannerd to me, awr courtship wod sean hae[…]
"Dun you know if the glasses is ossing to sattle?"
Eh, Mary, w'ereta for? / O'm ossin' t' goo t' Eccles
Aw'm ossin t' goo t' Buxton
I told you to do so and so, but you dunna oss to do it.
... but he didn't oss for t' goo any ner.
an' nobody ossin' to do it
They owe fer cannels, an' meyle, an' nivver oss to pay.
Use 'oss when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
'oss means (dialectal) To set about, or intend be inclined to set about (doing something)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
JENNET. [...] Soa yee see Ise ossin towart hausekeepin. SARAH. Whya nowt but weel. Wees nit hev the weddin an kirsenin at yaa time, that's a cumfort. JENNET. Hed Sammy ivver offerd onny thing that's mismannerd to me, awr courtship wod sean hae[…]
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