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sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart. All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite. Bacon.

The act of rising; a rise; an ascent. [Obs.] Therefore right as an hawk upon a sours Up springeth into the air, right so prayers . . . Maken their sours to Goddes ears two. Chaucer.

See Sauerkraut.

To have origin or source; to rise; to spring. [Obs.] Now might men ask whereof that pride sourdeth. Chaucer.

Any sour apple.

Somewhat sour; moderately acid; as, sourish fruit; a sourish taste.

Same as Sauerkraut.

In a sour manner; with sourness.

The quality or state of being sour.

Source. See Source. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The large succulent and slightly acid fruit of a small tree (Anona muricata) of the West Indies; also, the tree itself. It is closely allied to the custard apple.

The sorrel tree.

A corrupt form of Sou. [Obs.] Colman, the Elder.

wine. And he that can rear up a pig in his house, Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his souse. Tusser.

See Suslik.

Soot. [Obs.] Spenser.

A kind of narrow braid, usually of silk; -- also known as Russian braid.

That in which anything is packed; bagging, as for hops. [Obs.] Halliwell.

A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching to the ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom; especially, the black garment of this shape worn by the clergy in France and Italy as their daily dress; a cassock.

haucer. There is no work better than another to please God: . . . to wash dishes, to be a souter, or an apostle, -- all is one. Tyndale.