souse 1
/sows/ , v. , soused, sousing , n.
v.t.
1. to plunge into water or other liquid; immerse.
2. to drench, as with water.
3. to dash or pour, as water.
4. to steep in pickling brine; pickle.
v.i.
5. to plunge into water or other liquid.
6. to be soaked or drenched.
7. to be steeping or soaking in something.
n.
8. an act of sousing.
9. something kept or steeped in pickle, esp. the head, ears, and feet of a pig.
10. a liquid used as a pickle.
11. Slang. a drunkard.
[ 1350-1400; 1915-20 for def. 11; (n.) ME sows souce pickled 1 ); (v.) ME sousen, deriv. of the n. ]
Syn. 2. soak, wet.
souse 2
/sows/ , v. , soused, sousing , n. Archaic.
v.i.
1. to swoop down.
v.t.
2. to swoop or pounce upon.
n. Falconry.
3. a rising while in flight.
4. a swooping or pouncing.
[ 1480-90; by-form of SOURCE in its earlier literal sense "rising" ]