souse

souse
souse1
/sows/, v., soused, sousing, n.
v.t.
1. to plunge into water or other liquid; immerse.
2. to drench, as with water.
3. to dash or pour, as water.
4. to steep in pickling brine; pickle.
v.i.
5. to plunge into water or other liquid.
6. to be soaked or drenched.
7. to be steeping or soaking in something.
n.
8. an act of sousing.
9. something kept or steeped in pickle, esp. the head, ears, and feet of a pig.
10. a liquid used as a pickle.
11. Slang. a drunkard.
[1350-1400; 1915-20 for def. 11; (n.) ME sows < MF souce pickled < Gmc (akin to SALT1); (v.) ME sousen, deriv. of the n.]
Syn. 2. soak, wet.
souse2
/sows/, v., soused, sousing, n. Archaic.
v.i.
1. to swoop down.
v.t.
2. to swoop or pounce upon.
n. Falconry.
3. a rising while in flight.
4. a swooping or pouncing.
[1480-90; by-form of SOURCE in its earlier literal sense "rising"]

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  • Souse — Souse, n. [OF. sausse. See {Sauce}.] [Written also {souce}, {sowce}, and {sowse}.] 1. Pickle made with salt. [1913 Webster] 2. Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine. [1913 Webster] And he that can rear… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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