bouse, bowse2 (bous)

t.; pret. and pp. bout-hammert, n. [For about - hammer, equiv. boused, bowsed, ppr. bousing, bowsing. sing. [Former to about - sle ly also written bow ; origin unknown.] Naut., to haul with tackle. After the rigging is bowsed well taut, the seizings and coverings [must] be replaced, which is a very nice piece of work. R. II. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 16. To bouse up the jib, figuratively, to get "tight" or drunk. [Slang.] bouse3 (bous or bös), n. [E. dial., formerly bous ; origin obscure.] In mining , ore mixed with veinstone; second-cla ore, which must un der go further preparation before going to the smelter. [North. Eng. lead-mining districts.] bouse4, n. Same as boosel.