DOUSE, verb transitive [Gr.]
1. To thrust or plunge into water.
2. In seamens language, to strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly. douse the top-sail.
DOUSE, verb intransitive To fall suddenly into water.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.