▪ I. † souce1 Obs.—1
(Meaning uncertain.)
| a 1450 Fysshynge w. Angle (1883) 3 With mysfedyng þen schall sche [sc. the hawk] haue the frounce, þe Rey, þe Cray, and mony oþer seknes þat brynget hur to þe souce [1496 sowse]. |
▪ II. † souce2 Obs.—0
(See quot.)
| 1688 Holme Armoury iii. 271/2 A kind of a Drinking Cup..is by some Gentlemens Buttlers termed a Souce, Goglet, or Goblet. |
▪ III. souce
obs. f. souse n. and v.