Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BOUSE, or BOOZE
BOUSE, or BOOZE, v.i. [booz; Arm. beuzi, to overflow, to drown; W. bozi; Old D. buysen. In Russ. busa is a drink brewed from millet. Tooke.]
To drink freely; to tope; to guzzle. [A vulgar word.] – Spenser.
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