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; 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

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

That's it; we clenched them in the room— An ambuscade of ghosts, we thought,   But proved sly rebels on a bouse!

From Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War by Melville, Herman

J saye by the Salomon J wyll lage it of with a gage of bene bouse then cut to my nose watch.

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