She plunged into a tub of cool water with such delight as thoroughly to souse her hair, so it became necessary to spend a half-hour in the sunlight by the open window, combing and fanning, her mind turning over wonderful things.
"She Buildeth Her House"
Will Comfort
Fare ye well, and come to my house To drink wine and eat a piece of souse; And we will have minstrelsy, That shall pipe Hankin boby.
"A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I."
R. Dodsley
The araguato at the "tail-end" of the bridge, not knowing what had happened, and thinking all was right for swinging himself across, slipped his tail from the branch just at the very same instant that the wounded one let go, and the whole chain fell "souse" into the water!
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid