sourset

and v. An old spelling of source. sour-sized (sour'sīzd), a. See sized2. sour-sop (sour's op), n. cro or crabbed person. sour-tree (sour'tre), n. Same as sourwood. sourwood (sour'wud), n. See Oxydendrum. sous (sö; formerly sous), n. [Formerly also souse, souse; now sous as if F.; The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary sous Perhaps she met Friends, and brought Pence to thy House, But thou shalt go Home without ever a Souse . Prior, Down-Hall, st. 33. sousel (sous), n. [Early mod. E. also souce , sowce, sowse ; souse , sowse , var. of sauce : see sauce , n .] 1. Pickle made with salt; sauce. You have powder'd [salted] me for one year; I am in souce , I thank you; thank your beauty. Beau . and Fl . , Knight of Malta, ii. 1. 2. Something kept or steeped in pickle; especially, the head, ears, and feet of swine pickled. And he that can rear up a pig in his house Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his souse. Tu er, January's Husbandry, st. 2. I know she'l send me for 'em [ballads], In Puddings, Bacon, Sowse , and Pot-Butter, Enough to keepe my chamber all this winter. Brome, Antipodes, iii. 5. 3. The ear: in contempt. [Now provincial or vulgar.] With souse erect, or pendent, winks, or haws? Sniveling? or the extent i on of the jaws? Fletcher , Poems, p. 203. ( Hall i well .)