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Webster 1913 Edition

Souse

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(F. soō; colloq. Eng. sous)
,
Noun.
A corrupt form of Sou.
[Obs.]
Colman, the Elder.

Souse

,
Noun.
[OF.
sausse
. See
Sauce
.]
[Written also
souce
,
sowce
, and
sowse
.]
1.
Pickle made with salt.
2.
Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
And he that can rear up a pig in his house,
Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his
souse
.
Tusser.
3.
The ear; especially, a hog’s ear.
[Prov. Eng.]
4.
The act of sousing; a plunging into water.

Souse

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Soused
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sousing
.]
[Cf. F.
saucer
to wet with sauce. See
Souse
pickle.]
1.
To steep in pickle; to pickle.
“A soused gurnet.”
Shak.
2.
To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.
They
soused
me over head and ears in water.
Addison.
3.
To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly.
Although I be well
soused
in this shower.
Gascoigne.

Souse

,
Verb.
I.
[Probably fr. OF.
sors
, p. p. of
sordre
to rise, and first used of an upward swood, then of a swoop in general, but also confused with
Souse
,
Verb.
T.
See
Source
.]
To swoop or plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall suddenly; to rush with speed; to make a sudden attack.
For then I viewed his plunge and
souse

Into the foamy main.
Marston.
Jove's bird will
souse
upon the timorous hare.
J. Dryden. Jr.

Souse

,
Verb.
T.
To pounce upon.
[R.]
[The gallant monarch] like eagle o'er his serie towers,
To
souse
annoyance that comes near his nest.
Shakespeare

Souse

,
Noun.
The act of sousing, or swooping.
As a falcon fair
That once hath failed or her
souse
full near.
Spenser.

Souse

,
adv.
With a sudden swoop; violently.
Young.

Webster 1828 Edition

Souse

SOUSE

, n.
1.
Pickle made with salt.
2.
Something kept or steeped on pickle.
3.
The ears, feet, &c. of swine. [America.]

SOUSE

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To steep in pickle. But souse the cabbage with a bounteous heart.
2.
To plunge into water. They soused me into the Thames, with as little remorse as they drown blind puppies.

SOUSE

,
Verb.
I.
[See Soss. This word is probably the same as the preceding, to plunge, to dip; I believe from the Armoric.] To fall suddenly on; to rush with speed; as a hawk on its prey. Jove's bird will souse upon the tim'rous hare.

SOUSE

,
Verb.
T.
To strike with sudden violence.

SOUSE

,
adv.
With sudden violence. [This word is low and vulgar.]

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