bowse

[ bous, bouz ]

/ baʊs, baʊz /

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verb (used with object), bowsed, bows·ing.Nautical.

bouse¹.

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Other definitions for bowse (2 of 2)

bowse²

[ booz, bouz ]

/ buz, baʊz /

noun, verb (used with or without object), bowsed, bows·ing.

bouse².

How to use bowse in a sentence

The workmen seated before it, break the pieces of mixed ore, called bowse in Derbyshire, with the bucker.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Mrs. Bowse's house was provided with a parlor in which her boarders could sit in the evening when so inclined.
T. Tembarom|Frances Hodgson Burnett
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.
T. Tembarom|Frances Hodgson Burnett
It was a knock, and Tembarom jumped up and threw the door open, thinking Mrs. Bowse might have come on some household errand.
T. Tembarom|Frances Hodgson Burnett

He returned to Mrs. Bowse's boarding-house so late that night that even Steinberger and Bowles had ended their day.
T. Tembarom|Frances Hodgson Burnett

British Dictionary definitions for bowse

bowse

/ (baʊz) /

verb

a variant spelling of bouse

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