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bowse 1[bous, bouz] Examples verb (used with object), bowsed, bows·ing. Nautical.

  1. bouse1.

bowse 2[booz, bouz] noun, verb (used with or without object), bowsed, bows·ing.

  1. bouse2.

bouse 1or bowse [bous, bouz] verb (used with object), boused, bous·ing. Nautical.

  1. to haul with tackle.

Origin of bouse 1First recorded in 1585–95; of uncertain origin bouse 2or bowse [booz, bouz] noun

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

verb (used with or without object), boused, bous·ing.

  1. to drink, especially to excess.

Origin of bouse 2 1250–1300; Middle English bous strong drink Middle Dutch būsen drink to excess; cf. booze Examples from the Web for bowse Historical Examples of bowse

  • “I see something which has a sail, though,” exclaimed Bowse.

    The Pirate of the Mediterranean

    W.H.G. Kingston

  • “I would rather we could catch her again with a few of them in her,” observed Bowse.

    The Pirate of the Mediterranean

    W.H.G. Kingston

  • “And you,” said Zappa, in the same patois, turning to Bowse.

    The Pirate of the Mediterranean

    W.H.G. Kingston

  • Bowse repeated the question, in the lingua Franca of those seas.

    The Pirate of the Mediterranean

    W.H.G. Kingston

  • “No, miss, the cold—the night air may do you harm,” rejoined Bowse.

    The Pirate of the Mediterranean

    W.H.G. Kingston

  • British Dictionary definitions for bowse bowse verb

    1. a variant spelling of bouse

    bouse bowse verb

    1. (tr) nautical to raise or haul with a tackle

    Word Origin for bouse C16: of unknown origin

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