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Definition of Sousing
1. Noun. The act of making something completely wet. "He gave it a good drenching"
Generic synonyms: Wetting
Derivative terms: Soak, Souse, Souse, Souse
Definition of Sousing
1. Verb. (present participle of souse) ¹
2. Noun. An immersing or drenching in liquid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sousing
1. souse [v] - See also: souse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sousing
Literary usage of Sousing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Excursions in Western Africa: And Narrative of a Campaign in Kaffir-land, on by James Edward Alexander (1840)
"... Ankra—" Funeral Custom"—Trafficking—Lack of Wells—A Wild Bull —A sousing—Native
... sousing ..."
2. Citation and examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Joseph Carnaby by Walter Savage Landor (1834)
"The cork reported on drawing, as the best diver doth on sousing from Warwick
bridge into Avon. A rare cork! as bright as the glass bottle, and as smooth as ..."
3. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"After the first sousing in the village horse-pond, her husband exclaimed, "Molly!
... The sousing was repeated ; but Molly continued to be obdurate and ..."
4. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1893)
"As to contributing factors,—in 21 per cent, of the cases, we find a history of
daily sousing the h'ead in water. This is by no means as great a percentage ..."
5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1884)
"I believe that the so- commonly practised daily sousing of the head in water ...
It is not the daily sousing which is objectionable, but the insufficient ..."
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