poustie means power, authority, strength, health.
poustie is pronounced /ˈpuːsti/.
Etymology
From Middle English pouste, from Anglo-Norman pousté, Old French poesté, posté etc., from (the stem of) Latin potestās (“power”). Doublet of podesta.
noun
- Power, authority, strength, health.“‘A, good knyght,’ seyde he, ‘thou arte a foole; for that jantillwoman was the mayster fyende of helle, which hath pouste over all other devyllis[…].’”