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souse

UK/saʊs/ uncommon archaic dated obsolete us
verb (4) noun (3)

verb

1.

cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

  • “souse water on his hot face”
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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”
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3.
4.

cook in a marinade

  • “souse herring”

noun

1.
2.
3.

the act of making something completely wet

  • “he gave it a good drenching”
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Origin

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 Proto-Germanic *sultijō (“saltwater, brine”). Cognate with Old Saxon sultia (“saltwater”), Old High German sulza (“brine”).

Phrases

  • head cheese

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