The Collaborative International Dictionary
Booze \Booze\ (b[=oo]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boozed
(b[=oo]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Boozing.] [D. buizen; akin to
G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box,
jar.]
To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to
tipple. [Written also bouse, and boose.]
--Landor.
This is better than boozing in public houses.
--H. R.
Haweis.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context dialect English) A stall for an animal (usually a cow). Etymology 2
n. (alternative spelling of booze English) vb. (alternative spelling of booze English)
Usage examples of "boose".
Bradley, Lynda Boose, Frank Kermode, Claude Levi-Strauss, Victor Turner, David Kastan, Patricia Parker, Barbara Mowat, Paul Werstine, C.
The last night pa was boosed he was standing on the landing there bawling out for his boots to go out to Tunney's for to boose more and he looked butty and short in his shirt.