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Definition of Sousings
1. sousing [n] - See also: sousing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sousings
Literary usage of Sousings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1841)
"... 59° ; in the Gulf Stream, at its edge, 67° ; between that and the Virginia
coast, further south, 64°, and in sousings on that coast, 56°. 5. ..."
2. A Collection of Farces and Other Afterpieces: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald (1809)
"Ungrateful wretches! and is this the reward for all the great feats he has done ?
After all his marchings, his sousings, ..."
3. The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Personal by Elisha Kent Kane (1854)
"After some weary walking over hummocks, and some uncomfortable sousings in the
snow-dust, found that our cape has dwindled to an isthmus. ..."
4. The Music of the Waters: A Collection of the Sailors' Chanties, Or Working by Laura Alexandrine Smith (1888)
"... whilst, on the other hand, a seasoned mariner would look upon such sousings
as mere child's play—think no more of it than a man in a regatta now thinks ..."
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