To give a loose

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Loose \Loose\, n.
   1. Freedom from restraint. [Obs.] --Prior.
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   2. A letting go; discharge. --B. Jonson.
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   {To give a loose}, to give freedom.
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            Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.
                                                  --Addison.
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