Souse
Souse , noun
[Old French sausse. See Sauce.]
1.
Pickle made with salt.
2.
Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
And he that can rear up a pig in his house,
Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his souse.
3.
The ear; especially, a hog's ear. [Provincial English]
4.
The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
Souse , noun
A drunkard. [slang]
Souse , transitive verb
[Compare French saucer to wet with sauce. See Souse pickle.]
1.
To steep in pickle; to pickle.
A soused gurnet.
2.
To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.
They soused me over head and ears in water.
3.
To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly.
Although I be well soused in this shower.
Souse , intransitive verb
[Probably from Old French sors, past participle of sordre to rise, and first used of an upward swood, then of a swoop in general, but also confused with Souse, transitive verb See Source.]
To swoop or plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall suddenly; to rush with speed; to make a sudden attack.
For then I viewed his plunge and souse
Into the foamy main.
Jove's bird will souse upon the timorous hare.
Souse , transitive verb
To pounce upon. [Rare]
[The gallant monarch] like eagle o'er his serie towers,
To souse annoyance that comes near his nest.
Souse , noun
The act of sousing, or swooping.
As a falcon fair
That once hath failed or her souse full near.
Souse , adverb
With a sudden swoop; violently. — Young