Meanings
smouse1
present singular third person smouses · participle present smousing · participle past smoused · past smoused · alternative smouze
- archaicintransitivetransitiveTo feast (on something).
On the summer berries brousing, / On the garden fruits carousing, / All the grubs and vermin smousing.
1839, Aristophanes, translated by J[ohn] Hookham Frere, The Acharnians and Two Other Plays of Aristophanes;, London: J. M. Dent & Co.; New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co., published 1909, page 1491 more example
"Here, Honeſty, take this bill of fare: here is a liſt of ſome plain diſhes, which I ſhall neyer be averſe from; and which I could ſafely venture to ſmouze plentifully upon."
1775, [Francis Blackburne], A Few Strictures on the Confessional: […], London: T. Payne, page 12
smouse2
present singular third person smouses · participle present smousing · participle past smoused · past smoused
- alternativeAlternative form of smous.
Smouse3
Origin
- Germanschmausen“to feast”
- Englishsmouse
Borrowed from German schmausen (“to feast”).
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