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
Hook a rolling-tackle on the opposite side of the yard, bowse it well taut, and the trusses also, if they be of rope.
From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
O generous food Drest as though bold Robin Hood Would with his Maid Marian, Sup and bowse from horn and can.
From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John
Now, sway away upon these here mizzen halliards; down with your fore-lug; ease up the fore-sheet there, for’ard; up with the mizzen, lads; bowse it well up; that’s well; belay.
From Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Collingwood, Harry
You take in the gaff-topsail, and bowse down a double reef in the mainsail, and I will in foresail and shift the jib.
From Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Collingwood, Harry
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