bousingn.
1. Deep drinking, guzzling, tippling.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun]
overdrinkeOE
drinkingc1200
excessc1386
bibbinga1400
bollingc1540
boozingc1540
bousingc1540
swillingc1563
tippling1567
carousing1582
swinking1590
bezzling1598
swill1602
swink1611
overdrinking1616
popination1623
sottishness1648
fuddling1665
toping1668
bibbership1670
abuse1732
dram-drinking1772
dramminga1790
potation1808
spree1811
muzzling1828
bibbery1831
Bacchanalianism1855
Bacchanalism1858
smiling1858
bibulation1882
tanking1891
reeler1950
c1540 Image Ipocrysy iv, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 446 Howe they jest and ioll..With bowsinge and bollinge.
1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. Aiiiv The buryall was turnede to bousynge and belly chere.
a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) iv. 15 They..have [not] any skill in any arts but of..bowzing and drinking.
2. Falconry. (See quots.)
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking deeply or copiously > of a hawk
bousing1575
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 245 By bowzing..you shall haue euident proofe and vndoubted shewe of hir disease.
1614 S. Latham Falconry Explan. Wordes sig. ¶ Bousing, is when a Hawke drinketh often, and seemes to be continually thirsty.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
bousing-bout n.
bousing-can n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun]
chalicec825
napeOE
copc950
fullOE
cupc1000
canOE
shalec1075
scalec1230
maselin?a1300
mazer1311
richardine1352
dish1381
fiole1382
pece1383
phialc1384
gobletc1400
bowl-cup1420
chalice-cup1420
crusec1420
mazer-cup1434
goddard1439
stoup1452
bicker1459
cowl1476
tankard1485
stop1489
hanapa1513
skull1513
Maudlin cup1544
Magdalene cup?a1549
mazer bowl1562
skew1567
shell1577
godet1580
mazard1584
bousing-can1590
cushion1594
glove1609
rumkin1636
Maudlin pot1638
Pimlico1654
mazer dish1656
mug1664
tumbler1664
souce1688
streaker1694
ox-eye1703
false-cup1708
tankard-cup1745
poculum1846
phiale1867
tumbler-cup1900
stem-cup1915
sippy cup1986
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D3 In his hand did beare a bouzing can.
bousing-den n.
bousing-house n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house
houseOE
tavern1297
tavern-housea1400
sunc1400
tap-house1500
tippling-housea1549
innsc1550
bousing-inn1575
ivy-bush1576
osteria1580
ordinary1590
caback1591
taberna1593
bousing-house1594
pothouse1598
red lattice1604
cupping-house1615
public house1617
busha1625
Wirtshaus1650
bibbery1653
cabaret1656
gaming ordinary1667
public1685
shop1695
bibbing-housea1704
dram-shop1725
gill house1728
rum shop1738
buvette1753
dram-house1753
grog-shop1790
wine-vault1791
pub1800
pulperia1818
pulqueria1822
potation-shop1823
rum hole1825
Wirtschaft1834
drunkery1836
pot shop1837
drinkery1840
rum mill1844
khazi1846
beer-shop1848
boozer1895
rub-a-dub1898
Weinstube1899
rubbity-dub1905
peg house1922
rub-a-dub-dub1932
rubbity1941
Stube1946
superpub1964
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. F Their houghs & bousing houses, which commonly are built fayrer than their Churches.
bousing-inn n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house
houseOE
tavern1297
tavern-housea1400
sunc1400
tap-house1500
tippling-housea1549
innsc1550
bousing-inn1575
ivy-bush1576
osteria1580
ordinary1590
caback1591
taberna1593
bousing-house1594
pothouse1598
red lattice1604
cupping-house1615
public house1617
busha1625
Wirtshaus1650
bibbery1653
cabaret1656
gaming ordinary1667
public1685
shop1695
bibbing-housea1704
dram-shop1725
gill house1728
rum shop1738
buvette1753
dram-house1753
grog-shop1790
wine-vault1791
pub1800
pulperia1818
pulqueria1822
potation-shop1823
rum hole1825
Wirtschaft1834
drunkery1836
pot shop1837
drinkery1840
rum mill1844
khazi1846
beer-shop1848
boozer1895
rub-a-dub1898
Weinstube1899
rubbity-dub1905
peg house1922
rub-a-dub-dub1932
rubbity1941
Stube1946
superpub1964
1575 J. Awdely Fraternitye of Vacabondes (new ed.) sig. A2 The Alehouse, whych they call the Bowsyng In.
C2. † bousing ken n. Thieves' slang Obsolete a low ale-house.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > low drinking-house
sot's-hof1532
bousing ken1567
fuddling-school1680
sot-bay1707
night-cellar1729
sot-hole1755
lush-ken1790
lush-crib1819
Tom and Jerry shop1824
Tom and Jerry1836
deadfall1837
jerry1851
shoful1851
cribc1865
bucket-shop1875
barrel-house1883
lushing-ken1883
shebang1901
barrel shop1904
blood house1913
smoke joint1931
shypoo1936
smoke-shop1937
dive bar1974
1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Giii A bousing ken, a ale house.
1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. F4 As Tom or Tib..When they at Bowsing Ken do swill.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
bousingadj.
That bouses; given to immoderate drinking; tippling.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective]
bibbling1565
tippling1567
bousing1569
bibbing1594
stiff1594
upsy Dutch1612
bezzling1617
fuddling1654
potulent1656
toping1668
groggy1770
Bacchant1800
three-bottle1806
swilly1824
potatory1834
two-bottle1855
1569 G. Turberville Epit. & Sonn. (1837) 331 As Circes cup no sooner might the bowsing Greekes beguile.
1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper 33 Dumbe Johns bousing mates.
a1658 J. Cleveland On Inundation of River Trent in Wks. (1687) 292 With a file of bowzing Comrades.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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