Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sousing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.
They soused me over head and ears in water.
--Addison.
3. To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly.
Although I be well soused in this shower.
--Gascoigne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sousing
n : the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a
good drenching" [syn: {drenching}, {soaking}, {souse}]
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