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BOUSE
bowse, bouse
(verb) haul with a tackle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Bouse (plural Bouses)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bouse is the 22838th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1121 individuals. Bouse is most common among White (93.93%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Bueso
Etymology 1
Verb
bouse (third-person singular simple present bouses, present participle bousing, simple past and past participle boused)
(nautical) To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.
Etymology 2
Noun
bouse (countable and uncountable, plural bouses)
(obsolete) drink, especially alcoholic drink
(obsolete) a carouse; a booze
Verb
bouse (third-person singular simple present bouses, present participle bousing, simple past and past participle boused)
(obsolete) To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze.
Anagrams
• Bueso
Source: Wiktionary
Bouse, v. i.
Definition: To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. See Booze.
Bouse, n.
Definition: Drink, esp. alcoholic drink; also, a carouse; a booze. "A good bouse of liquor." Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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