sawce
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
sawce (countable and uncountable, plural sawces)
- Obsolete spelling of sauce.
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], page 62:
- Thy wit is a very Bitter-ſweeting, / It is a moſt ſharpe ſawce.
- 1657, Thomas Reeve, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Thou art all for inlandish meat, and outlandish sawces […]
Verb[edit]
sawce (third-person singular simple present sawces, present participle sawcing, simple past and past participle sawced)
- Obsolete spelling of sauce.
- 1645, Jos[eph] Hall, “Sect[ion] XII. Consideration of the Benefits of Poverty.”, in The Remedy of Discontentment: Or, A Treatise of Contentation in whatsoever Condition: […], London: […] J. G. for Nath[aniel] Brooks, […], published 1652, →OCLC, page 61:
- Meales, uſually ſavvced vvith a healthfull hunger, vvherein no incocted Crudities oppreſſe Nature, and cheriſh diſeaſe: […]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
sawce
- Alternative form of sauce