Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bowse \Bowse\, n.
   A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.

Bowse \Bowse\, v. i. [See {Booze}, and {Bouse}.]
   1. To carouse; to bouse; to booze. --De Quincey.

   2. (Naut.) To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to
      bowse away, i. e., to pull all together.

Source : WordNet®

bowse
     v : haul with a tackle [syn: {bouse}]