[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That bouses; given to immoderate drinking; tippling.

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1569.  Turberv., Epit. & Sonn. (1837), 331. As Circes cup no sooner might the bowsing Greekes beguile.

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1589.  Hay any Work, 33. Dumbe Johns bousing mates.

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a. 1659.  Cleveland, Inund. of Trent, 49. With a file of bowzing Comrades.

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