bowse

¹

[ bous, bouz ]

verb (used with object)

, Nautical.

, bowsed, bows·ing.

1. bouse ¹.

bowse

²

[ booz, bouz ]

noun

, bowsed, bows·ing.

1. bouse ².

bowse

/ baʊz /

verb

1. See bouse
   a variant spelling of bouse

Example Sentences

The workmen seated before it, break the pieces of mixed ore, called bowse in Derbyshire, with the bucker.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Bowse's house was provided with a parlor in which her boarders could sit in the evening when so inclined.

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Mrs. Bowse, his hard-worked landlady, began by being calmed down by his mere bearing when he came to apply for his room and board.

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It was a knock, and Tembarom jumped up and threw the door open, thinking Mrs. Bowse might have come on some household errand.

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He returned to Mrs. Bowse's boarding-house so late that night that even Steinberger and Bowles had ended their day.

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