5 entries under this word

Souse

Souse, n.

noun

[A modification of sauce; O. Fr. sause. Written also sowce.]

Pickle made with salt.
Something kept or steeped in pickle; especially the ears, feet, &c., of swine pickled;—applied also to head-cheese.
The ear, especially, a hog’s ear. [Prov. Eng.]
The act of plunging suddenly into water; a dipping.

Souse, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. SOUSED (soust); p. pr. & vb. n. SOUSING.] [Fr. saucer, to wet with sauce.] 1. To plunge into water. They soused me into the Thames with as little remorse as they drown blind puppies. Shak. 2. To steep in pickle. Souse the cabbage with a bounteous heart. Pope. 3. To strike with sudden violence. [Rare.] Shak.

Souse, v. i.

verbintransitive

[Cf. Soss, v. i., & Ger. sausen, to rush, bluster, L. Ger. susen, Sw. susa, Dan. suse, D. saizen.] To plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall suddenly; to rush with speed. For then I viewed his body plunge and souse Into the foamy main. Marston. Jove’s bird will souse upon the timorous hare. Dryden.

Souse, n.

noun

A sudden plunge, as of a bird on its prey. [Rare.]

*As a fallen fair That once hath failed of her souse full near. Spencer.*

Souse, adv.

adverb

With sudden violence.