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souse noun1. LME.
[Old French sous, souz, from Old Saxon sultia, Old High German sulza (German Sulze) brine, from Germanic, from base also of SALT noun. In branch II directly from SOUSE verb1.]
I.
Pickled meat, esp. pig's feet and ears. Now dial., US, & W. Indies. LME.
b. An ear. Now dial. M17.
A liquid, esp. one with salt, used in pickling. E16.
II.
The action or an act of sousing or soaking something; dial. a wash. M18.
A heavy drinking-bout. Also, a drunkard. colloq. (chiefly US). E20.