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douse (iou)



douse verb2. E17.
[Prob. imit. (cf. souse), but perh. identical with DOUSE verb1.]
verb trans. Plunge vigorously into water or other liquid; immerse (in). E17.
fig.: L. MacNeice When we were children Spring was easy, Dousing our heads in suds of hawthorn.
verb trans. Wet thoroughly with a liquid, drench. Usu. foll. by with, in.) E17.
B. Chatwin He had doused himself once a week in the wash-house. T. Keneally The pyre..was doused in fuel and lit.
verb intrans. Plunge or be plunged into water. E17.
Put out, extinguish, (a light, fire, etc.). Also fig., suppress (a feeling), put an end to (an activity). L18.
T. E. Lawrence I see the Corporal's cigarette doused. L. Garfield With the moon now doused in a creeping sea of cloud. T. Capote Dick doused the flashlight. E. Birney His spirits, never easy to douse, were sustained by his..winnings at black jack.
douser noun2 (a) someone who drenches another person; (b) a screen in a projector which cuts off the light before it reaches the film: L19.