Sowsed vs Bowsed - What's the difference?
sowsed | bowsed |
(sowse)
* Dryden
* Marston
(bowse)
(archaic) To drink excessively and socially; to carouse.
* 1819 , John Keats, "Lines on the Mermaid Tavern":
(nautical) To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.
As verbs the difference between sowsed and bowsed
is that sowsed is (sowse) while bowsed is (bowse).sowsed
English
Verb
(head)sowse
English
Verb
(sows)- The Dirae sowse from heaven with swift descent.
- For then I viewed his body fall, and sowse / Into the foamy main.
See also
*bowsed
English
Verb
(head)bowse
English
Alternative forms
* bouseEtymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(bows)- O generous food! / Dressed as though bold Robin Hood, / Would, with his maid Marian, / Sup and bowse from horn and can.