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(Souse,) Souss, v.2 P.p. sowsed. [e.m.E. souse (16th c.); Souse n.2] tr. To strike, beat, punish with blows. — a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 923.
Kisse a cairle & clap a cairle & tyne a carle douse a carle and souss a carle and win a carle 1666 Lauderdale P. I 255.
If manie of the prisoners had bein sowsed, it had been much better … yet it was no great wonder many of them had quarter
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