Found 2 items, similar to souse.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: souse
souse
n 1: a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn:
alcoholic,
alky,
dipsomaniac,
boozer,
lush,
soaker]
2: pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
3: the act of making something completely wet;
“he gave it a
good drenching” [syn:
drenching,
soaking,
sousing]
v 1: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto;
“souse water on his hot
face” [syn:
drench,
douse,
dowse,
soak,
sop]
2: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or
saturate;
“dip the garment into the cleaning solution”;
“dip the brush into the paint” [syn:
dunk,
dip,
plunge,
douse]
3: become drunk or drink excessively [syn:
soak,
inebriate,
hit it up]
4: cook in a marinade;
“souse herring”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Souse
Souse
\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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Sous
\Sous\, Souse
\Souse\ (F. s[=oo]; colloq. Eng. sous), n.
A corrupt form of Sou. [Obs.] --Colman, the Elder.
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Souse
\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
\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
\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
\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
\Souse\, adv.
With a sudden swoop; violently. --Young.
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