From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Souse \Souse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soused}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sousing}.] [Cf. F. saucer to wet with sauce. See {Souse}
pickle.]
1. To steep in pickle; to pickle. "A soused gurnet." --Shak.
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2. To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.
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They soused me over head and ears in water.
--Addison.
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3. To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly.
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Although I be well soused in this shower.
--Gascoigne.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Soused \Soused\, adj.
Thoroughly drunken; inebriated. [slang]
Syn: bombed; pickled; drunk; intoxicated.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soused
adj 1: very drunk [syn: {besotted}, {blind drunk}, {blotto},
{crocked}, {cockeyed}, {fuddled}, {loaded}, {pie-eyed},
{pissed}, {pixilated}, {plastered}, {slopped}, {sloshed},
{smashed}, {soaked}, {soused}, {sozzled}, {squiffy},
{stiff}, {tight}, {wet}]
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