sarse
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
sarse (plural sarses)
- Alternative form of searce
Verb edit
sarse (third-person singular simple present sarses, present participle sarsing, simple past and past participle sarsed)
- Alternative form of searce
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
sarse (countable and uncountable, plural sarses)
- Pronunciation spelling of sauce.
- 1833, John Neal, The Down-Easters, Volume 1:
- I wanted cabbage or potaters, or most any sort o' garden sarse … .
- 1870, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, The Story of a Bad Boy:
- "I don't want any of your sarse," said the boy, scowling.
Verb edit
sarse (third-person singular simple present sarses, present participle sarsing, simple past and past participle sarsed)
- Pronunciation spelling of sauce.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:
- Well, that ‘ud be imposing, too, on Tellson’s. For you cannot sarse the goose and not the gander.
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Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Anglo-Norman cerche, *cerce, from Late Latin *circa; see searce for more.
Pronunciation edit
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sarse
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References edit
- “sārce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.