Hypertext Webster Gateway: "boose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Boose \Boose\, n. [AS. b[=o]s, b[=o]sig; akin to Icel. b[=a]ss,
Sw. b[*a]s, Dan. baas, stall, G. banse, Goth. bansts barn,
Skr. bh[=a]sas stall. [root]252.]
A stall or a crib for an ox, cow, or other animal. [Prov.
Eng.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Boose \Boose\, v. i.
To drink excessively. See {Booze}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Booze \Booze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boozed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Boozing}.] [D. buizen; akin to G. bausen, and perh. fr. D.
buis tube, channel, bus box, jar.]
To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to
tipple. [Written also {bouse}, and {boose}.] --Landor.
This is better than boozing in public houses. --H. R.
Haweis.
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