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

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

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

Lybbege, a bedde.glymmar, fyre.Rome bouse, wyne.lage, water.a skypper, a barne.stromell, strawe.a gentry cofes ken, A noble or gentlemans house.a gygger, a doore.

From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by Awdeley, John

"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

This bouse is as benshyp as rome bouse.

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