From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Douse \Douse\ (dous), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Doused} (doust); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dousing}.] [Cf. {Dowse}, and OD. donsen to strike with the fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and noisily; perh. akin to E. din.]
1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Douse \Douse\, verb (used without an object) To fall suddenly into water. --Hudibras.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Douse \Douse\, verb (used with an object) [AS. dw[ae]scan. (Skeat.)] To put out; to extinguish; as, douse the lights. [Slang] '' To douse the glim.'' --Sir W. Scott.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights" [syn: {put out}]
2: wet thoroughly [syn: {dowse}]
3: dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" [syn: {dip}, {duck}]
4: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" [syn: {dunk}, {dip}, {souse}, {plunge}]
5: lower quickly; "douse a sail"
6: slacken; "douse a rope" [syn: {dowse}]
7: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" [syn: {drench}, {dowse}, {soak}, {sop}, {souse}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "douse": bang, baptize, bash, bat, belt, blow out, bop, bury, cast off, choke, crack, damp, deluge, dip, doff, drench, drop, drown, duck, dunk, engulf, extinguish, immerge, immerse, inundate, merge, out, overwhelm, plash, plunge in water, put off, put out, quench, remove, sink, slack, slam, slip out of, slop, slosh, smack, smash, smother, snuff, snuff out, soak, sop, souse, spatter, splatter, splosh, splurge, spurtle, stamp out, step out of, stifle, submerge, submerse, swash, take off, throw off, undo, unwrap, wet, whelm
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