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Webster 1913 Edition

Boose

Boose

,
Noun.
[AS.
bōs
,
bōsig
; akin to Icel.
bāss
, Sw.
bås
, Dan.
baas
, stall, G.
banse
, Goth.
bansts
barn, Skr.
bhāsas
stall. √252.]
A stall or a crib for an ox, cow, or other animal.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

Boose

,
Verb.
I.
To drink excessively. See
Booze
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Boose

BOOSE

,
Noun.
[Heb. a stall or crib.] A stall or inclosure for an ox, cow or other cattle. Not used or local.]

BOOSE

Definition 2024

boose

boose

English

Alternative forms

  • boosy, boosey

Noun

boose ‎(plural booses)

  1. (dialect) A stall for an animal (usually a cow).
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Etymology 2

Middle English bousen (verb) and bouse (noun)

Noun

boose

  1. Alternative spelling of booze

Verb

boose ‎(third-person singular simple present booses, present participle boosing, simple past and past participle boosed)

  1. Alternative spelling of booze

Anagrams

Etymology

From Middle English bose, boose, from Old English *bōs (attested in bōsih, bōsiġ ‎(“cow-stall”)), from Proto-Germanic *bansaz, *bandsaz, *bandstiz ‎(“stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- ‎(“to tie, bind”).

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