"sauce" meaning in Middle English

See sauce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsau̯s(ə)/ Forms: sauces [plural], sause [alternative], sawce [alternative], sawse [alternative], salse [alternative], saus [alternative], saws [alternative]
Etymology: From Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin *salsa, from Latin salsus (“salted”). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|sause}} Old French sause, {{der|enm|VL.|*salsa}} Vulgar Latin *salsa, {{der|enm|la|salsus|t=salted}} Latin salsus (“salted”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} sauce, {{enm-noun|sauces}} sauce (plural sauces)
  1. A sauce or gravy; a liquid condiment. Categories (topical): Condiments, Sauces
    Sense id: en-sauce-enm-noun-Sireynhq Disambiguation of Condiments: 51 37 2 10 Disambiguation of Sauces: 43 43 2 12
  2. A solution or broth used for pickling or preserving. Categories (topical): Sauces
    Sense id: en-sauce-enm-noun-H8T372cc Disambiguation of Sauces: 43 43 2 12
  3. A liquid medicine; sauce as a pharmaceutical. Categories (topical): Pharmacology
    Sense id: en-sauce-enm-noun-ASpH-12- Disambiguation of Pharmacology: 3 23 64 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sauce flewme, saucen, saucer, saucerie, vert sauce
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} sauce
  1. Alternative form of saucen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: saucen Categories (topical): Sauces
    Sense id: en-sauce-enm-verb-yE5cmIpS Disambiguation of Sauces: 43 43 2 12 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 24 14 7 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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