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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Souse,) Souce, n.2 [e.m.E. sowce (1480), souse (1567); Souse v.2] A heavy blow or thump. —a1689 Cleland 78.
Some coward coulie … Ran rampant on a schollar boy And gaue him many a souce and slope
