bowse
1 Americanverb (used with object)
noun
verb
Example Sentences
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A "cad" is a person fit for no other occupation than carrying somebody else's hawk; "booze" is a derivation of the falconer's "bowse," to drink.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our spirits returned with having something to do; and when the tackle was manned to bowse the anchor home, notwithstanding the desolation of the scene, we struck up "Cheerily ho!" in full chorus.
From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry
"As muckle care as if he were a graybeard o' brandy; and I canna take mair if his hair were like John Harlowe's.—Yo ho, my hearts! bowse away with him!"
From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir
That's how the log will read when we bowse into port.
From The Blood Ship by Springer, Norman
Drest as though bold Robin Hood Would, with his maid Marian, Sup and bowse from horn and can.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
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