From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Souse \Souse\, verb (used with an object) [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) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching" [syn: {drenching}, {soaking}, {souse}]
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