Partly from Middle English woose, wose, woos, from Old English wōs ("juice, liquor, sap"); partly from Middle English wose, wase, from Old English wāse, wase. Cognate with Low German wees ("wet, ooze, mire"), German Wasen ("sod, turf"), Icelandic veisa ("mire, bog"). More at ooze.
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