Souse /(?)/

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.

3. The ear; especially, a hog's ear. [Prov. Eng.]
4. The act of sousing; a plunging into water.

1. A drunkard. [slang]

imp. & p. p. Soused; p. pr. & vb. n. Sousing

1. To steep in pickle; to pickle.
2. To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.

   They soused me over head and ears in water.

3. To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly.

   Although I be well soused in this shower.

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

   For then I viewed his plunge and souse Into the foamy main.

   Jove's bird will souse upon the timorous hare.

1. To pounce upon. [R.]

   [The gallant monarch] like eagle o'er his serie towers, To souse annoyance that comes near his nest.

1. The act of sousing, or swooping.

   As a falcon fair That once hath failed or her souse full near.

1. With a sudden swoop; violently.