Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bowse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bowse \Bowse\, n.
A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bowse \Bowse\, v. i. [See {Booze}, and {Bouse}.]
1. To carouse; to bouse; to booze. --De Quincey.
2. (Naut.) To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to
bowse away, i. e., to pull all together.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bowse
v : haul with a tackle [syn: {bouse}]
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