Definition of Sousings

1. Noun. (plural of sousing) ¹

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Definition of Sousings

1. sousing [n] - See also: sousing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sousings

sourt
sourwood
sourwoods
sous
sous-chef
sous-chefs
sous-vide
sousaphone
sousaphones
sousaphonist
sousaphonists
soused
souses
sousing
sousings (current term)
souslik
sousliks
sousveillance
sout
soutache
soutaches
soutage
soutane
soutanes
soutar
soutars
souteneurs
souter

Literary usage of Sousings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1841)
"... 59° ; in the Gulf Stream, at its edge, 67° ; between that and the Virginia coast, further south, 64°, and in sousings on that coast, 56°. 5. ..."

2. A Collection of Farces and Other Afterpieces: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald (1809)
"Ungrateful wretches! and is this the reward for all the great feats he has done ? After all his marchings, his sousings, ..."

3. The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Personal by Elisha Kent Kane (1854)
"After some weary walking over hummocks, and some uncomfortable sousings in the snow-dust, found that our cape has dwindled to an isthmus. ..."

4. The Music of the Waters: A Collection of the Sailors' Chanties, Or Working by Laura Alexandrine Smith (1888)
"... whilst, on the other hand, a seasoned mariner would look upon such sousings as mere child's play—think no more of it than a man in a regatta now thinks ..."

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