| Sauce (sauce) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Sauce |
| [F., fr. OF.
sausse, LL. salsa, properly, salt pickle, fr. L.
salsus salted, salt, p. p. of salire to salt, fr.
sal salt. See Salt, and cf. Saucer, Souse
pickle, Souse to plunge.] |
A composition
of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish;
especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint
sauce; sweet sauce, etc.
Any garden vegetables eaten with
meat.
Stewed or preserved fruit eaten with other
food as a relish] as, apple sauce, cranberry sauce,
etc.
Sauciness; impertinence.
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| Sauce (sauce) |
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| v. t. | (s***add]s) |
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| Sauce |
| [Cf. F.
saucer.] [imp. *** p. p. Sauced
(s&add]st); p. pr. *** vb. n. Saucing
(s&add]"s***ibreve]ng).] |
To accompany with
something intended to give a higher relish; to supply with appetizing
condiments; to season; to flavor.
To cause to relish anything, as if with a
sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate;
hence, to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an
application to.
To make poignant; to give zest, flavor or
interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.
To treat with bitter, pert, or tart
language; to be impudent or saucy to.
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| Sauce (sauce) |
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| n. | (s s) |
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| ||Sauce |
| [F.] (Fine
Art) |
A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading
with the stump.
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