Bouses vs Douses - What's the difference?
bouses | douses |
(bouse)
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(nautical) To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.
(obsolete) drink, especially alcoholic drink
(obsolete) a carouse; a booze
* Carlyle
(douse)
(ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
To fall suddenly into water.
To put out; to extinguish.
To strike.
(nautical) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.
As verbs the difference between bouses and douses
is that bouses is third-person singular of bouse while douses is third-person singular of douse.bouses
English
Verb
(head)bouse
English
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
* bowseVerb
(bous)Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- A good bouse of liquor.
douses
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*douse
English
Etymology 1
Probably of (etyl) origin, related to (etyl) and (douse) below.Alternative forms
*Verb
- (Hudibras)