Hypertext Webster Gateway: "douse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Douse \Douse\, v. i.
To fall suddenly into water. --Hudibras.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Douse \Douse\, v. t. [AS. dw[ae]scan. (Skeat.)]
To put out; to extinguish. [Slang] `` To douse the glim.''
--Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Douse \Douse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doused}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dousing}.] [Cf. {Dowse}, and OD. donsen to strike with the
fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and
noisily; perh. akin to E. din.]
1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to
dowse. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly;
as, douse the topsail.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
douse
v 1: put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights."
[syn: {put out}]
2: wet thoroughly [syn: {dowse}]
3: dip into a liquid: "He dipped into the pool" [syn: {dip}, {duck}]
4: immerse into a liquid; "dunk the bread into the soup" [syn:
{dunk}, {dip}, {souse}, {plunge}]
5: lower quickly; "douse a sail"
6: slacken; "douse a rope" [syn: {dowse}]
7: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
face" [syn: {drench}, {dowse}, {soak}, {sop}, {souse}]
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