sarse

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

sarse (plural sarses)

  1. Alternative form of searce

Verb

sarse (third-person singular simple present sarses, present participle sarsing, simple past and past participle sarsed)

  1. Alternative form of searce

Etymology 2

Noun

sarse (countable and uncountable, plural sarses)

  1. 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

sarse (third-person singular simple present sarses, present participle sarsing, simple past and past participle sarsed)

  1. 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.

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Anglo-Norman cerche, *cerce, from Late Latin *circa; see searce for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsars(ə)/, /ˈsaːrs(ə)/

Noun

sarse

  1. sieve, searce

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: searce, sarse
  • Scots: search

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