loss

1) Possibly to be unprofitable.

One example noted: 1782 heavey Showers of rain ... and for that reason our warps was sorely loss’d, Ovenden. To ‘loss’ as a form of to ‘lose’ could mean to be unprofitable, and here the inference is that the warps got wet and were spoilt as a result.

places Ovenden
dates 1782

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