The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bowge
Bowge \Bowge\, v. i. To swell out. See Bouge. [Obs.]
Bowge
Bowge \Bowge\, v. t. To cause to leak. [Obs.] See Bouge.
Wiktionary
bowge
vb. 1 to bulge or swell out. 2 to cause to leak.
Usage examples of "bowge".
Certainly there is no prince in Europe that hath a more beautiful or gallant sort of ships than the queen's majesty of England at this present, and those generally are of such exceeding force that two of them, being well appointed and furnished as they ought, will not let to encounter with three or four of those of other countries, and either bowge them or put them to flight, if they may not bring them home.