clout vs souse

clout

noun
  • A blow with the hand. 

  • A clout nail. 

  • The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head. 

  • Influence or effectiveness, especially political. 

  • A home run. 

verb
  • To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout. 

  • To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole. 

  • To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree. 

  • To hit, especially with the fist. 

  • To join or patch clumsily. 

souse

noun
  • A heavy blow. 

  • Pickled scrapple. 

  • A pickle made with salt. 

  • The act of sousing; a plunging into water. 

  • Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig 

  • The ear; especially, a hog's ear. 

  • The act of sousing, or swooping. 

  • The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine. 

  • A person suffering from alcoholism. 

verb
  • To fall heavily. 

  • To strike, beat. 

  • To steep in brine; to pickle. 

  • To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench. 

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