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Souse (?), n. [OF. sausse. See Sauce.] [Written also souce, sowce, and sowse.] 1. Pickle made with salt.
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2. Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
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And he that can rear up a pig in his house,
Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his souse. Tusser.
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3. The ear; especially, a hog's ear. [Prov. Eng.]
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4. The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
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Souse, v. 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.
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2. To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.
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They soused me over head and ears in water. Addison.
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3. To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly.
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Although I be well soused in this shower. Gascoigne.
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Souse, v. 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, v. 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.
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For then I viewed his plunge and souse
Into the foamy main. Marston.
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Jove's bird will souse upon the timorous hare. J. Dryden. Jr.
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Souse, v. t. To pounce upon. [R.]
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[The gallant monarch] like eagle o'er his serie towers,
To souse annoyance that comes near his nest. Shak.
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Souse, n. The act of sousing, or swooping.
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As a falcon fair
That once hath failed or her souse full near. Spenser.
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Souse, adv. With a sudden swoop; violently. Young.
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