Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bowse

Bowse ({not transcribed}) , intransitive verb

[See Booze, and Bouse.]

1.
To carouse; to bouse; to booze. — De Quincey
2.
(Nautical) To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i. e., to pull all together.

Bowse , noun

A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.