[The gallant monarch] like eagle o'er his serie towers, To souse
annoyance that comes near his nest.
Shak.
Souse, n. The act of sousing, or swooping.
As a falcon fair That once hath failed or her souse full near.
Spenser.
Souse, adv. With a sudden swoop; violently. Young.
Sous"lik (?), n. [F.] (Zoöl.) See Suslik.
Sout (?), n. Soot. [Obs.] Spenser.
||Sou`tache" (?), n. [F.] A kind of narrow braid, usually of silk; --
||also known as Russian braid.
Sout"age (? or ?; 48), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] That in which anything
is packed; bagging, as for hops. [Obs.] Halliwell.
||Sou`tane" (?), n. [F., fr. Sp. sotana, or It. sottana, LL. subtana,
||fr. L. subtus below, beneath, fr. sub under.] (Eccl. Costume) A close
||garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching to the ankles,
||and buttoned in front from top to bottom; especially, the black
||garment of this shape worn by the clergy in France and Italy as their
||daily dress; a cassock.
Sou"ter (?), n. [AS. s&?;t&?;re, fr. It. sutor, fr. suere to sew.] A
shoemaker; a cobbler. [Obs.] Chaucer.
There is no work better than another to please God: . . . to wash
dishes, to be a souter, or an apostle, -- all is one.
Tyndale.
Sou"ter*ly, a. Of or pertaining to a cobbler or cobblers; like a
cobbler; hence, vulgar; low. [Obs.]
Sou"ter*rain (?), n. [F. See Subterranean.] A grotto or cavern under
ground. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.
South (?; by sailors sou), n. [OE. south, suþ, AS. sð for sunð; akin to
D. zuid, OHG. sund, G. süd, süden, Icel. suðr, sunnr, Dan. syd, sönden,
Sw. syd, söder, sunnan; all probably akin to E. sun, meaning, the side
towards the sun. √297. See Sun.] 1. That one of the four cardinal
points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the
right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.
2. A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than
another; the southern section of a country. "The queen of the south."
Matt. xii. 42.
3. Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason
and Dixon's line. See under Line.