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bouse¹

Where it comes from

Of unknown origin.

verb bouses · bousing · boused · bowse

  1. To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.

bouse²

Where it comes from

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 bouses

  1. countable, obsolete, uncountable to drink, especially alcoholic drink Bien Darkmans then, Bouse Mort and Ken
  2. countable, obsolete, uncountable a carouse; a booze Six-and-twenty years of prison; the first seventeen years of it strict and hard, almost of the dungeon sort; the remainder, on his fairly abdicating, was in another Castle, that of Callundborg in the Island of Zealand, 'with fine apartments and conveniences,' and even 'a good bouse of liquor now and

verb bouses · bousing · boused

  1. obsolete To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. you do provide me hum enough , And lour to bouse with

Bouse³

proper noun Bouses

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in La Paz County, Arizona, United States, believed to be named after Thomas Bouse.

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"bouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bouse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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bouse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bouse

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"bouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bouse.

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@misc{bouse_2026,
  title = {bouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}