sarse

They tilled their own garden, raised their own "sarse," kept their own cow; and I have heard one say that "Toah's garden had the finest damask roses in the world, and her house, and all around it, was the pink of neatness."

Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter Orville Dewey 1838

Brother Moses brought a yoke of oxen from his farm, -- at least, the philosophers thought so till it was discovered that one of the animals was a cow; and Moses confessed that he "must be let down easy, for he couldn't live on garden sarse entirely."

Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature Various

When two men take a farncy to the same woman there's likely to be some sarse between 'em; but that's no use.

Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

As I said before, sarse won't set things straight, 'n'

Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

Salina came to the kitchen door with a quantity of apple-parings gathered up in her apron, and called out, "Miss Hannah, do come along with that colander, the pumpkin sarse will be biled dry as a chip -- where on arth is Mary Fuller?"

The Old Homestead Ann S. Stephens

With forty-'leven new kines o 'sarse without no charge acquainted me,

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various

Of course he is my superior and I really had no business to sarse him, even if he was wrong.

Carl and the Cotton Gin Sara Ware Bassett 1920

They went rocketin 'past me this noon, and give me some sarse as they went, and I give it 'em back.

The Merryweathers Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

"The plums is all took out o 'my cramb'ry sarse, an' it's friz to a stiff jell!" shouted Peoria, in wild excitement.

The Birds' Christmas Carol Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

"The plums is all took out o 'my cramb'ry sarse an' it's friz to a stiff jell '!" whispered Peoria, in wild excitement.

The Birds' Christmas Carol Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889