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Definition of 'souse'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
Something kept or steeped in brine
# The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
#* (and other bibliographic details) Tusser
- And he that can rear up a pig in his house, / Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his souse .
## (US|Appalachian) Pickled scrapple.
## (Caribbean) Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig
# A pickle made with salt.
# The ear; especially, a hog's ear.
The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
A person suffering from the disease of alcoholism.
See also
* (food) brawn, budin, haggis, head cheese, pudding, sausage, scrapple
Verb
( sous)
To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
* (and other bibliographic details) Addison
- They soused me over head and ears in water.
* (and other bibliographic details) Gascoigne
- although I be well soused in this shower
*1913 , , (Sons and Lovers) ,
*:As she heard him sousing heartily in cold water, heard the eager scratch of the steel comb on the side of the bowl, as he wetted his hair, she closed her eyes in disgust.
Derived terms
* soused
Etymology 2
Obscure origin. Compare Middle German sûs (noise).
Noun
( en-noun)
The act of sousing, or swooping.
* (and other bibliographic details) (Spenser)
- As a falcon fair / That once hath failed or her souse full near.
A heavy blow.
* 1596 , Spencer, Fairie Queene
- His murdrous mace he vp did reare, That seemed nought the souse thereof could beare.
Verb
( sous)
to strike, beat
to fall heavily
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.4:
- Him so transfixed she before her bore / Beyond his croupe, the length of all her launce; / Till, sadly soucing on the sandy shore, / He tombled on an heape, and wallowd in his gore.
* (and other bibliographic details) J. Dryden. Jr.
- Jove's bird will souse upon the tim'rous hare.
to pounce upon
* (and other bibliographic details) (Shakespeare)
- [The gallant monarch] like eagle o'er his serie towers, / To souse annoyance that comes near his nest.
Etymology 3
(plural of (m)).
Noun
(label) sou (the French coin)
(label) A small amount
Anagrams
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