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dousing (verb)

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  • douse — [c]/daʊs / (say dows) verb (doused, dousing) –verb (t) 1. to plunge into water or the like; drench: to douse someone with water. 2. Colloquial to put out or extinguish (a light). 3. Colloquial to take off or doff. 4. Nautical to lower in haste,… …  

  • douse — I. verb also dowse (doused; also dowsed; dousing; also dowsing) Etymology: perhaps from obsolete English douse to smite Date: 1600 transitive verb 1. to plunge into water 2. a. to …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Spinnaker — For other uses, see Spinnaker (disambiguation). Bear of Britain, a Farr 52 with masthead spinnaker in front of Calshot Spit A spinnaker is a special type of sail that is designed specifically for sailing off the wind from a reaching course to a… …   Wikipedia

  • douse — [[t]da͟ʊs[/t]] douses, dousing, doused also dowse 1) VERB If you douse a fire, you stop it burning by pouring a lot of water over it. [V n] The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water. 2) VERB If you douse someone or… …   English dictionary

  • retreat — [[t]rɪtri͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦♦ retreats, retreating, retreated 1) VERB If you retreat, you move away from something or someone. [V prep] I ve already got a job, I said quickly, and retreated from the room... [V ing] The young nurse pulled a face at the… …   English dictionary

  • water — /ˈwɔtə / (say wawtuh) noun 1. the liquid which in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc., and which in a pure state is a transparent, odourless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, freezing …  

  • JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Beltane — Infobox Holiday holiday name = Beltane type = Pagan caption = official name = nickname = Lá Bealtaine, Bealltainn, Beltain, Beltaine observedby = Gaels, Irish People, Scottish People, Manx people, Neopagans begins = ends = date = Northern… …   Wikipedia

  • blackout — (n.) also black out, 1908 in the theatrical sense of a darkened stage, from BLACK (Cf. black) + OUT (Cf. out). Figurative sense of loss of memory is 1934 (verb and noun); as a dousing of lights as an air raid precaution, it is recorded from 1935 …   Etymology dictionary

  • hose — [[t]ho͟ʊz[/t]] hoses, hosing, hosed 1) N COUNT A hose is a long, flexible pipe made of rubber or plastic. Water is directed through a hose in order to do things such as put out fires, clean cars, or water gardens. You ve left the garden hose on …   English dictionary

  • douse — UK [daʊs] / US verb [transitive] Word forms douse : present tense I/you/we/they douse he/she/it douses present participle dousing past tense doused past participle doused 1) to cover something or someone with a liquid, especially water or fuel 2) …   English dictionary

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