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Douse   Listen
verb
Douse  v. t.  (past & past part. doused; pres. part. dousing)  
1.
To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.
2.
(Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.





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"Douse" Quotes from Famous Books



... tea as that which they had from the tin tea pail and from the one tin cup. What though the blizzard howled its loudest in front of their cave? What though the swirling snow threatened now and then to douse their fire? What though the tea boiled over and the pork burned to a crisp? What though a single bannock stood alone between them and starvation? What cared they? Heaven was about them, and its music was ringing ...
— The Foreigner • Ralph Connor
... Jones, giving me another rough hustle. "Why, boy, you ain't awake yet. I'll douse you in the water, and give you a taste of 'cold pig,' if you don't get up and help me in ...
— The Island Treasure • John Conroy Hutcheson
... douse and another half-smothered bleat,—Dorothy released the yearling and plunged to the rescue. "Go after that lamb, Reuby!" she cried, with exasperation in her voice. Reuby followed the yearling, which had disappeared over the orchard slope, upsetting an obstacle in its path, which ...
— Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) • Constance Fenimore Woolson


Words linked to "Douse" :   dowse, put out, bedraggle, draggle, dabble, ret, brine, dousing, soak, bate, plunge, flush, immerse, wet, souse, dip, drench, furl


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