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sowse


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Souse  \Souse\,  n.  [OF.  sausse.  See  {Sauce}.]  [Written  also 
  {souce},  {sowce},  and  {sowse}.] 
  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.  --Tusser. 
 
  3.  The  ear;  especially,  a  hog's  ear.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  4.  The  act  of  sousing;  a  plunging  into  water. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sowse  \Sowse\,  n.  &  v. 
  See  {Souse}.  [Obs.]  --ryden.