rare. [f. SOUSE v.2] The action of beating severely.
c. 1580. [Jefferies], Bugbears, II. iv. 6. (Bond). With sowcynges, with rowsynges, with bownsynges, with trownsynges.
1788. Hist. of Schoolboy, 46. Talboy declared it his firm intention to have bestowed upon him … an effectual sousing.
