Definition of bowsing Bowsing

/bawˈzɪŋ/ - [bawzing] - bows•ing

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What does bowsing mean?

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Verb bowses, bowsing, bowsed
bowse - haul with a tackle
		bouse
		cart, hale, haul, drag transport something in a cart

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bowse (v. i.)
To carouse; to bouse; to booze.
bowse (v. i.)
To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i. e., to pull all together.
bowse (n.)
A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.

bowse
To pull upon any body with a tackle, or complication of pulleys, in order to remove it, &c. Hauling upon a tack is called "bowsing upon a tack," and when they would have the men pull all together, they cry, "Bowse away." Also used in setting up rigging, as "Bowse away, starboard;" "Bowse away, port." It is, however, mostly a gun-tackle term.--Bowse up the jib, a colloquialism to denote the act of tippling: it is an old phrase, and was probably derived from the Dutch buyzen, to booze.