English

Noun

sarse ‎(plural sarses)

1. (countable) A sieve, especially a very fine one.
2. Eye dialect spelling of sauce.
   • 1833, John Neal, The Down-Easters, Volume 1:

     I wanted cabbage or potaters, or most any sort o' garden sarse … .

   • 1870, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, The Story of a Bad Boy:

     "I don't want any of your sarse," said the boy, scowling.

Verb

sarse ‎(third-person singular simple present sarses, present participle sarsing, simple past and past participle sarsed)

1. (transitive) To sift through a sieve or sarse.
2. Eye dialect spelling of sauce.
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

     Well, that ‘ud be imposing, too, on Tellson’s. For you cannot sarse the goose and not the gander.