the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
verb-intransitive. To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. See booze.
n. Drink, esp. alcoholic drink; also, a carouse; a booze.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Same as booze, which is now the usual form.
n. Same as booze.
Nautical, to haul with tackle.
n. In mining, ore mixed with veinstone; second-class ore, which must undergo further preparation before going to the smelter.
n. Same as boose.
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v. haul with a tackle
Word Usage
"The paper is an extension on work initially done in meningitis, where decreasing the overcrowding in houses (15-20 people in a 3 bedroom bouse) led to improvement in incidence."