Meaning & use
Bouse
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To drink alcohol heavily; also, in nautical usage, to haul or hoist using a tackle or rope.
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The old sailors would bouse away at the tavern after a long voyage.
The crew boused the anchor cable tight before setting sail.
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Bouse (sometimes spelled 'bowse') is an archaic term now largely confined to nautical usage and is the historical root of the modern word 'booze.'
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