DOUSE

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse. Bp. Stillingfleet.

2.
v.

To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.

3.
v.

To fall suddenly into water. Hudibras.

4.
v.

To put out; to extinguish. [Slang] " To douse the glim." Sir W. Scott.

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