It is not to clean it, for much of it is already clean; not to soften it, for clams are soft enough as they are, and his jaws are powerful enough to crush the hardest shells, yet he souses them just the same before eating.
"A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories"
William Long
When the Commodore gets half-way down he gives the cart one last push, and five seconds later Mr. Babbitt, with his head still stuck in the wagon, souses into the water like he'd been dropped from a balloon.
"Shorty McCabe"
Sewell Ford
"Out you get, you lousy souses," he enjoined them.
"The Law-Breakers"
Ridgwell Cullum