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bouse

1
or bowse

[ bous, bouz ]

verb (used with object)

Nautical.
boused, bousing.
  1. to haul with tackle.


bouse

2
or bowse

[ booz, bouz ]

noun

  1. liquor or drink.
  2. a drinking bout; carouse.

verb (used with or without object)

boused, bousing.
  1. to drink, especially to excess.

bouse

/ ʊ /

verb

  1. tr nautical to raise or haul with a tackle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bouse1

First recorded in 1585–95; of uncertain origin

Origin of bouse2

1250–1300; Middle English bous strong drink < Middle Dutch ū drink to excess; booze
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bouse1

C16: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

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A bacon bouse of two-score ribs, A wattling of tripe—support of clans— Of every food pleasant to man, Meseemed the whole was gathered there.

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There let him bouse and deep carouse     Wi’ bumpers flowing o’er; Till he forgets his loves or debts,     An’ minds his griefs no more.’”

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The two biberons sat down to partake of the supper, and prepare their stomachs, as Innerkepple said, for another bouse of the grand liquor.

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I was an innkeeper, who lov'd to bouse, J was a joiner, and built up a house.

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I saw them running, like mice, up the shrouds, as they boused up the mainsail, and heard them chaunt a cheering chorus, as they heaved in the slack of the cable.

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