soused, ppl. a.
(saʊst)
[f. souse v.1]
1. Steeped in pickle; pickled.
| ? a 1550 Freiris Berwik 260 in Dunbar's Poems (1893) 294 Ane sowsit nolt fute, and scheipheid. 1584 D. Powel Lloyd's Cambria 104 He should want no maner of Powdered and Sowsed meats. 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. ii. i. (1651) 68 Dryed, sowced, indurate fish, as Ling,..Red-herrings. 1676 Shadwell Libertine 111, If I serve you not in your kind, then am I a sows'd sturgeon. 1677 Wycherley Pl. Dealer iii. i, Go, dear Rogue, and succeed; and I'll invite thee, ere it be long, to more souz'd Venison. 1790 Shirrefs Poems 210 A' their een were chiefly fixt Upo' soust feet. 1842 Combe Digestion 137 At nine o'clock a.m. he breakfasted on soused tripe, pig's feet, bread and coffee. |
| fig. 1622 Fletcher Beggar's Bush iv. i, You shall not sink, for ne'r a sowst Flap-dragon, For ne'r a pickl'd Pilcher of 'em all, Sir. |
2. Soaked in liquor.
| 1613 Beaum. & Fl. Captain i. ii, I am of that opinion, and will dye in't, There is no understanding, nor can be In a soust Souldier. 1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan i. 34 Coming home, he had almost gotten into a mixup with some soused mick. |