Something kept or steeped in brine.
And he that can rear up a pig in his house, / Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his souse.
The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
The act of sousing, or swooping.
Eft fierce retourning as a foulcon fayre, / That once hath failed of her souse full neare
A heavy blow.
With that his murdrous mace he vp did reare, / That seemed nought the souse thereof could beare,
A sou (the French coin).
A small amount.
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To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
(Although I bee well soused in this showere,)
To steep in brine; to pickle.
Suddenly, without warning.
Mr Nash […] suddenly taking the gentleman by the collar of his coat, and waistband of his breeches, threw him souse over the parapet to the object of his love.
From Middle English souse (“to salt pickle”) also a noun (“liquid for pickling,” “pickled pig parts”), from Old French sous (“preserved in salt”), from Frankish *sultija (“saltwater, brine”), from Pro...
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To strike, beat.