bouse

¹ American  

[bous, bouz] / baʊs, baʊz /

Or bowse

verb (used with object)

Nautical.

boused, bousing

1. to haul with tackle.

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bouse ² American  

[booz, bouz] / buz, baʊz /

Or bowse

noun

1. liquor or drink.

2. a drinking bout; carouse.

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verb (used with or without object)

boused, bousing

1. to drink, especially to excess.

bouse British  

/ baʊz /

verb

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

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Etymology

Origin of bouse¹

First recorded in 1585–95; of uncertain origin

Origin of bouse²

1250–1300; Middle English bous strong drink < Middle Dutch būsen drink to excess; cf. booze

Example Sentences

Just a month ago, he’d noticed he was missing money and lectured Cheryl: Stop bringing your friends into my bouse if they’re going to be stealing my stuff!

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

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.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

“Belay that, and bouse away, old ship, with that yarn o’ yours that’s going to fright my hair off.

From The Penang Pirate and, The Lost Pinnace by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)

"Weel, mak it a merk," said Innerkepple, "for five pints, an' a bouse to my retainers, wha are as muckle beloved by me as if they were my bairns; an' I will close wi' ye."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various

Now J tower that bene bouse makes nase nabes.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John