Whenever the old sailor is nervous, he bowses the rum straight from the bottle.

After the long march, he bowsed from his canteen until it was empty.

After the final whistle, the team celebrated with a bowse that lasted until dawn.

At the harvest festival the old sailors would bowse until dawn, telling tall tales and staggering home.

As the gale worsened, the sailors struggled to bowse the damaged mast back into place.

At the festival, the old friends sat in a circle, bowsing from wooden mugs as fireworks burst overhead.

At the back of the tavern, the thief raised a tankard of bene bowse and toasted the night's successful haul.

The old map marked the location of bowsing-ken near the river.

The coastal village was overrun last summer when hundreds of bowsing-kens washed ashore.

The old sailor claimed the map led to the bowsing ken hidden beneath the reef.