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verb
Souse  v. t.  (past & past part. soused; pres. part. sousing)  
1.
To steep in pickle; to pickle. "A soused gurnet."
2.
To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid. "They soused me over head and ears in water."
3.
To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly. "Although I be well soused in this shower."



Souse  v. t.  To pounce upon. (R.) "(The gallant monarch) like eagle o'er his serie towers, To souse annoyance that comes near his nest."



Souse  v. i.  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." "Jove's bird will souse upon the timorous hare."



noun
Souse, Sous  n.  A corrupt form of Sou. (Obs.)



Souse  n.  (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."
3.
The ear; especially, a hog's ear. (Prov. Eng.)
4.
The act of sousing; a plunging into water.



Souse  n.  A drunkard. (slang)



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



adverb
Souse  adv.  With a sudden swoop; violently.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Souse" Quotes from Famous Books



... Plunge — N. plunge, dip, dive, header; ducking &c. v.; diver. V. plunge, dip, souse, duck; dive, plump; take a plunge, take a header; make a plunge; bathe &c.(water) 337. submerge, submerse; immerse; douse, sink, engulf, send to the bottom. get out of one's depth; go to the bottom, go down like a stone, drop like a lead ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... you may, As sure as sure can be, If you will but follow the sun all day, And souse with him ...
— Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare • Walter Savage Landor

... bathe in the river before ascending to the house. This evening bath is taken in more leisurely fashion than the morning dip. A man will strip off his waist-cloth and rush into the water, falling flat on his chest with a great splash. Then standing with the water up to his waist he will souse his head and face, then perhaps swim a few double overhand strokes, his head going under at each stroke. After rubbing himself down with a smooth pebble, he returns to the bank, and having resumed his waist-cloth, he squeezes the water from his hair, picks up his paddle, spear, ...
— The Pagan Tribes of Borneo • Charles Hose and William McDougall

... and that of every husbandman in England in his time, was self-sufficient. Not only did you eat your own mutton, make your own souse, your own beer, cheese, butter, wine, cordials, and physic; you built your own house, made your own roads, fenced your own lands, contrived your own plows, wains, wagons, wheelbarrows, and all manner of tools. But much more than that. You grew your own hemp, had your own ropewalk, ...
— In a Green Shade - A Country Commentary • Maurice Hewlett

... stones, over the cold, wet pebbles, on to the hard sand that gleamed like oil. Splish-Splosh! Splish-Splosh! The water bubbled round his legs as Stanley Burnell waded out exulting. First man in as usual! He'd beaten them all again. And he swooped down to souse his head and neck. ...
— The Garden Party • Katherine Mansfield


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