Толковый словарь английского языка - douse
Douse
douse
I. verb also dowse (~d; also dowsed; dousing; also dowsing) Etymology: perhaps from obsolete English ~ to smite Date: 1600 transitive verb to plunge into water, 2. to throw a liquid on ; drench , slosh , extinguish , intransitive verb to fall or become plunged into water, ~r also dowser noun II. noun Date: 1881 a heavy drenching, III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1625 blow , stroke , IV. transitive verb (~d; dousing) Date: 1627 1. to take in ; lower , strike , slacken , take off , doff
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v.tr. (also dowse) 1 a throw water over. b plunge into water. 2 extinguish (a light). 3 Naut. a lower (a sail). b close (a porthole). Etymology: 16th c.: perh. rel. to MDu., LG dossen strike ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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