BOUS'YBOU-TADE'
BOUT, n. [It. beuita, or bevuta, a drinking, from bere, or bevere, to drink; L. bibo; Fr. boire; Sp. beber.]
We use this word tautologically in the phrase, a drinking-bout; or the word is the same as the preceding.
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