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English
Noun
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , 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
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 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 Brooks, , published 1652, →OCLC, page 61:Meales, uſually ſavvced vvith a healthfull hunger, vvherein no incocted Crudities oppreſſe Nature, and cheriſh diſeaſe: […]
Middle English
Noun
sawce
- Alternative form of sauce