Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To pull or hoist with a tackle.
- intransitive verb To hoist.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
booze , which is now the usual form. - noun Same as
booze . - noun Same as
boose . - Nautical, to haul with tackle.
- noun In mining, ore mixed with veinstone; second-class ore, which must undergo further preparation before going to the smelter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. See
booze . - noun Drink, esp. alcoholic drink; also, a carouse; a booze.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb nautical To
haul orhoist (something) with atackle . - noun obsolete
drink , especiallyalcoholic drink - noun obsolete a
carouse ; abooze
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb haul with a tackle
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Un wesh wesh qui ecoute de la bouse a fond toute la journee et quand je dis a fond ....
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009
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J'dessine comme une bouse moi et j'ai carrement pas d'idee du tout ...
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009
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The paper is an extension on work initially done in meningitis, where decreasing the overcrowding in houses (15-20 people in a 3 bedroom bouse) led to improvement in incidence.
Medpundit 2007
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I also bought a basic brown pants suit with a blue bouse, and I already owned a basic black pants suit, and I bought a bright pink top to go underneath it.
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Tokyo Nicholas found Tanzan Nangi in a back room of Kisoko's town bouse.
Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995
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The room was changed so completely that it was suddenly unfamiliar to her, as if she had walked into the bouse of a stranger.
The Hand of Chaos Hickman, Tracy 1993
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I thought it was strange, because no one's living in the main bouse, and curb parking isn't allowed on Goodwinter Boulevard, you know.
The Cat Who Moved A Mountain Braun, Lilian Jackson 1992
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The bouse of the god - the full horror of the phrase filled his mind.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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Of the hands, only Ed Lee, Bill Davis, and Carlos Padilla had made it to the bouse. with the family, and not before a bullet smashed Ed's left arm.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989
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On the other side lay Jesse Lyndon's land, but his bouse was to the north, hidden from this by its own patch of woods.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989
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