bouse

== English == === Etymology 1 === Of unknown origin. ==== Alternative forms ==== bowse ==== Verb ==== bouse (third-person singular simple present bouses, present participle bousing, simple past and past participle boused) (nautical) To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English bous (noun), bousen (verb), from Middle Dutch būsen, buisen, buysen (“to drink heavily”). Related to Middle High German būsen (“to swell, inblow”). More at beer. ==== Noun ==== bouse (countable and uncountable, plural bouses) (obsolete) to drink, especially alcoholic drink (obsolete) a carouse; a booze ==== Verb ==== bouse (third-person singular simple present bouses, present participle bousing, simple past and past participle boused) (obsolete) To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Bueso == French == === Etymology === From Gaulish or Ancient Ligurian. Cognate with Piedmontese busa, Ligurian bêusa, bûsa, bûsia and Occitan bosa, bosia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buz/ === Noun === bouse f (plural bouses) cowpat (heraldry) water-bouget ==== Derived terms ==== bouseux === Further reading === “bouse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012