Middle English Dictionary Entry
bǒus n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bǒus n. Also boos. |
| Etymology | MDu. būse drinking vessel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Intoxicating drink.
Associated quotations
- a1350 Mon in þe mone (Hrl 2253)29 : Drynke to hym deorly of fol god bous..When þat he is dronke ase a dreynt mous.
- a1500 Wast bryngyth (Cmb Ff.2.38)p.182 : Not synke in watur but swymme in boos.