noust
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of noust
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Orkney, Scotland, Shetland)A trench or other hollow area, sometimes with walls, where a boat can be hauled up and left ashore.
“Willie discovered Samuel trying to drag a strange yawl up the noust.”
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Etymology
From the (unattested) Norn reflex of Old Norse naust (“boathouse”). Cognate with Faroese neyst, Norwegian naust, Danish nøst (“boat-shed”).
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