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To swell out.

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  1. v. i. To swell out.
  2. v. i. To bilge.
  3. v. t. To stave in; to bilge.
  4. n. Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions.
  5. v. t. To scoop out with a gouge.
  6. v. t. To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb.
  7. v. t. To cheat in a bargain; to chouse.
  8. 1. To swell out. [Obs.] 2. To bilge. [Obs.] "Their ship bouged." Hakluyt. To stave in; to bilge. [Obs.] Holland. Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions. [Obs.] [They] made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady or two, that fainted . . . with fasting. B. Jonson .
  9. To stave in; to bilge. [Obs.] Holland.
  10. v. i. To swell out. v. i. To bilge. v. t. To stave in; to bilge. n. Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions. v. t. To scoop out with a gouge. v. t. To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb. v. t. To cheat in a bargain; to chouse.