"bouse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bouses [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|bous|pos=noun}} Middle English bous (noun), {{der|en|dum|būsen}} Middle Dutch būsen Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bouse (countable and uncountable, plural bouses)
  1. (obsolete) to drink, especially alcoholic drink Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bouse-en-noun-XMXAab8P
  2. (obsolete) a carouse; a booze Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bouse-en-noun-NmzvuN07
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: bouses [present, singular, third-person], bousing [participle, present], boused [participle, past], boused [past]
Etymology: Of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|title=Of unknown origin.}} Of unknown origin. Head templates: {{en-verb}} bouse (third-person singular simple present bouses, present participle bousing, simple past and past participle boused)
  1. (nautical) To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle. Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: bowse
    Sense id: en-bouse-en-verb-OCPqHkrT Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: bouses [present, singular, third-person], bousing [participle, present], boused [participle, past], boused [past]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|bous|pos=noun}} Middle English bous (noun), {{der|en|dum|būsen}} Middle Dutch būsen Head templates: {{en-verb}} bouse (third-person singular simple present bouses, present participle bousing, simple past and past participle boused)
  1. (obsolete) To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: bouser, bousy
    Sense id: en-bouse-en-verb-klkQCQg9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 6 33 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 6 9 36 2 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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