释义 |
soused, ppl. a.|saʊst| [f. souse v.1] 1. Steeped in pickle; pickled.
a1550Freiris Berwik 260 in Dunbar's Poems (1893) 294 Ane sowsit nolt fute, and scheipheid. 1584D. Powel Lloyd's Cambria 104 He should want no maner of Powdered and Sowsed meats. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. ii. i. (1651) 68 Dryed, sowced, indurate fish, as Ling,..Red-herrings. 1676Shadwell Libertine 111, If I serve you not in your kind, then am I a sows'd sturgeon. 1677Wycherley Pl. Dealer iii. i, Go, dear Rogue, and succeed; and I'll invite thee, ere it be long, to more souz'd Venison. 1790Shirrefs Poems 210 A' their een were chiefly fixt Upo' soust feet. 1842Combe Digestion 137 At nine o'clock a.m. he breakfasted on soused tripe, pig's feet, bread and coffee. fig.1622Fletcher Beggar's Bush iv. i, You shall not sink, for ne'r a sowst Flap-dragon, For ne'r a pickl'd Pilcher of 'em all, Sir. 2. Soaked in liquor.
1613Beaum. & Fl. Captain i. ii, I am of that opinion, and will dye in't, There is no understanding, nor can be In a soust Souldier. 1932J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan i. 34 Coming home, he had almost gotten into a mixup with some soused mick. |