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Sauce
(Sauce) v. t. [Cf. F. saucer.] [imp. & p. p. Sauced (s&addst); p. pr. & vb. n. Saucing ]
1. To accompany with something intended to give a higher relish; to supply with appetizing condiments; to
season; to flavor.
2. 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. [R.]
Earth, yield me roots;
Who seeks for better of thee, sauce his palate
With thy most operant poison!
Shak. 3. To make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.
Then fell she to sauce her desires with threatenings.
Sir P. Sidney.
Thou sayest his meat was sauced with thy upbraidings.
Shak. 4. To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to. [Colloq. or Low]
I'll sauce her with bitter words.
Shak. Sauce
(||Sauce) n. [F.] (Fine Art) A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
Sauce-alone
(Sauce"-a*lone`) n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.
Saucebox
(Sauce"box`) n. [See Sauce, and Saucy.] A saucy, impudent person; especially, a pert
child.
Saucebox, go, meddle with your lady's fan,
And prate not here!
A. Brewer. Saucepan
(Sauce"pan`) n. A small pan with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan.
Saucer
(Sau"cer) n. [F. saucière, from sauce. See Sauce.]
1. A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table.
3. Something resembling a saucer in shape. Specifically: (a) A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken
ships. (b) A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
Saucily
(Sau"ci*ly) adv. In a saucy manner; impudently; with impertinent boldness. Addison.
