sawce

English

Noun

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

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

Noun

sawce

1. Alternative form of sauce