Crossword clues for sousing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Souse \Souse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soused; p. pr. & vb. n. Sousing.] [Cf. F. saucer to wet with sauce. See Souse pickle.]
To steep in pickle; to pickle. ``A soused gurnet.''
--Shak.-
To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.
They soused me over head and ears in water.
--Addison. -
To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly.
Although I be well soused in this shower.
--Gascoigne.
Wiktionary
n. An immerse#Verb or drench#Verb in liquid. vb. (present participle of souse English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "sousing".
The spectacle of our men stripped to the waist sousing each other with water under the pump is a source of standing wonder to the inhabitants.
I tried to reconcile myself to the belief that it was the high temperature of the tropical regions upon which we are entering, that rendered such extra sousings a necessity, and recalled to my recollection how, during the night of the 13th, I had found the atmosphere below deck so stifling, that in spite of the heavy swell I was obliged to open the porthole of my cabin, on the starboard side, to get a breath of air.