Bouse

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bouse \Bouse\, v. i.
     To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. See {Booze}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Bouse \Bouse\, n.
     Drink, esp. alcoholic drink; also, a carouse; a booze. "A
     good bouse of liquor." --Carlyle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Booze \Booze\ (b[=oo]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boozed}
     (b[=oo]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Boozing}.] [D. buizen; akin to
     G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box,
     jar.]
     To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to
     tipple. [Written also {bouse}, and {boose}.] --Landor.
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           This is better than boozing in public houses. --H. R.
                                                    Haweis.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bouse
       v : haul with a tackle [syn: {bowse}]

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Bouse, AZ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Arizona
     Population (2000):    615
     Housing Units (2000): 562
     Land area (2000):     10.093479 sq. miles (26.141990 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    10.093479 sq. miles (26.141990 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            07310
     Located within:       Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
     Location:             33.933657 N, 114.008268 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Bouse, AZ
      Bouse