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Definition of Sowce
1. n. & v. See Souse.
Definition of Sowce
1. Noun. (obsolete form of souse) ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete form of souse) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sowce
1. to pickle [v SOWCED, SOWCING, SOWCES] - See also: pickle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sowce
Literary usage of Sowce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1809)
"A porter, loaden with neat's tongues, and sowce, Enquired for the master of the
house. Faith, friend, quoth he, I'll tell you presently, For we are striving ..."
2. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1809)
"A porter, loaden with neat's tongues, and sowce, Enquired for the master of the
house. Faith, friend, quoth he, 111 tell you presently, For we are striving ..."
3. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"Dyce, 257) ; Dekker, Shoemakers' Hoi. ii. 3 (Firk). ME. sowce ... a mass, a sow
or ingot of metal' (Florio). sowce-wife ; see souse (2). sow-gard, ..."
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