To put out; extinguish.
To strike.
Nautical, to strike or lower in haste; slacken suddenly: as, douse the topsail.
To thrust or plunge into a fluid; immerse; dip; also, to drench or flood with a fluid.
To fall or be plunged suddenly into a fluid.
To search for deposits of ore, for lodes, or for water, by the aid of the dousing- or divining-rod (which see).
noun.
A blow; a stroke.