DOURA. See DURRA.
DOUSE, DOWSE, dows, _v.t._ to plunge into water.--_v.i._ to fall suddenly
into water. [Cf. Sw. _dunsa_, fall heavily. Prob. from sound; cf. _souse_.]
DOUSE, DOWSE, dows, _v.t._ to strike: to strike or lower a sail.--_n._ a
heavy blow. [Prob. related to Old Dut. _dossen_, to beat.]
DOUSE, DOWSE, dows, _v.t._ to put out, extinguish (esp. in the _slang_
DOUSE THE GLIM, put out the light). [Prob. a corr. of the obs. verb _dout_
below; more likely a particular use of _douse_, to strike.]