Souse

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To pounce upon.

II. Souse ·noun A corrupt form of Sou.

III. Souse ·noun Pickle made with salt.

IV. Souse ·noun The act of sousing, or swooping.

V. Souse ·noun The ear; especially, a hog's ear.

VI. Souse ·adv With a sudden swoop; violently.

VII. Souse ·noun The act of sousing; a plunging into water.

VIII. Souse ·vt To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.

IX. Souse ·vt To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly.

X. Souse ·vt To steep in pickle; to Pickle.

XI. Souse ·noun Something kept or steeped in pickle; ·esp., the pickled ears, feet, ·etc., of swine.

XII. Souse ·vt To swoop or plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall suddenly; to rush with speed; to make a sudden attack.