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Soused

adjective



Souse

verb
(past & past part. soused; pres. part. sousing)
1.
Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.  Synonyms: douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop.
2.
Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.  Synonyms: dip, douse, dunk, plunge.  "Dip the brush into the paint"
3.
Become drunk or drink excessively.  Synonyms: hit it up, inebriate, soak.
4.
Cook in a marinade.






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"Soused" Quotes from Famous Books



... As it melts at about 120 degrees F., and boils at about 600 degrees F., it can be greatly superheated, and used when smoking, so as to penetrate deeply into wood or porous material. It is perfect for strengthening skulls; most rotten examples slopped with paraffin, and finally soused for a few seconds so as entirely to cover the bone in and out, will travel safely, ...
— How to Observe in Archaeology • Various

... "Soused to the guards," he sneered, "an' me with ten years scairt offen my life fer fear I'd wake him." He stood erect and, with no attempt at the stealth with which he had approached the shack, proceeded rapidly in the direction of ...
— The Promise - A Tale of the Great Northwest • James B. Hendryx

... Silverthorn. "Well, let me tell you something. We've heard a lot about you—from Dal Colton and Barney Owen. Morley—one of our men—got Owen soused last night, as per orders, and Owen spilled his knowledge of you all over the town. It's pretty well known, now, that you are Deal Sanderson, from ...
— Square Deal Sanderson • Charles Alden Seltzer

... I soused mine in the brine that day When Tophet spilt, 'n' in the roar Of shells that split the sea 'n' tore Our boats to chips, we broke any Up through the pelt of leaden spray, 'N' got our first ...
— 'Hello, Soldier!' - Khaki Verse • Edward Dyson

... earth and grass came bouncing down the chimney, striking from side to side, and soused into the pot, scattering the hot stew over the hearth-stone and splashing her from ...
— The Delectable Duchy • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch


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