bowse

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English

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Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English bousen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch būsen, buisen, buysen (to drink heavily) (Dutch buizen). Related to Middle High German būsen (to swell, inblow). More at beer.

Verb

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  1. (archaic) To drink excessively and socially; to carouse.
    • 1820, John Keats, “Lines on the Mermaid Tavern”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: [] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, [], →OCLC, page 131:
      O generous food! / Drest as though bold Robin Hood, / Would, with his maid Marian, / Sup and bowse from horn and can.

Noun

bowse (plural bowses)

  1. A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.

Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Verb

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  1. (nautical) To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.

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