sawce

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English

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Noun

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sawce (countable and uncountable, plural sawces)

  1. 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], 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

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sawce (third-person singular simple present sawces, present participle sawcing, simple past and past participle sawced)

  1. Obsolete spelling of sauce.
    • 1645, Jos[eph] Hall, “Sect[ion] 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[aniel] Brooks, [], published 1652, →OCLC, page 61:
      Meales, uſually ſavvced vvith a healthfull hunger, vvherein no incocted Crudities oppreſſe Nature, and cheriſh diſeaſe: []

Middle English

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Noun

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sawce

  1. Alternative form of sauce