bouse

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5

Definition of bouse

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.
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verb

  1. To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.
  2. (obsolete)To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze.
    “you do provide me hum enough , And lour to bouse with”

noun

  1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)to drink, especially alcoholic drink
    “Bien Darkmans then, Bouse Mort and Ken”
  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)a carouse; a booze
    “Six-and-twenty years of prison; the first seventeen years of it strict and hard, almost of the dungeon sort; the remainder, on his fairly abdicating, was in another Castle, that of Callundborg in the Island of Zealand, 'with fine apartments and conveniences,' and even 'a good bouse of liquor now and then,' at discretion of the old soul.”

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A census-designated place in La Paz County, Arizona, United States, believed to be named after Thomas Bouse.

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Etymology

Of unknown origin.

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