bouais

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Etymology

From Old French bois, from Vulgar Latin boscus, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bouais m (plural bouais)

  1. wood
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 516:
      I' n'y a bouais dont nou n'fait buche.
      There is no wood but what will serve for firing.
  2. (Jersey) tree

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