Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Booze \Booze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boozed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Boozing}.] [D. buizen; akin to G. bausen, and perh. fr. D.
   buis tube, channel, bus box, jar.]
   To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to
   tipple. [Written also {bouse}, and {boose}.] --Landor.

         This is better than boozing in public houses. --H. R.
                                                  Haweis.