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Soused. See Souse. [Obs.]

usually made by boiling meat and vegetables, or either of them, in water, -- commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth. Soup kitchen, an establishment for preparing and supplying soup to the poor. -- Soup ticket, a ticket conferring the privilege of receiving soup at a soup kitchen.

A suspicion; a suggestion; hence, a very small portion; a taste; as, coffee with a soupçon of brandy; a soupçon of coquetry.

Soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.

That part of a flail which strikes the grain. Knight.

Resembling soup; souplike.

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.

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.

Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine. And he that can rear up a pig in his house, Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his souse. Tusser.