sourocks n. a general name for various kinds of sorrel; a sulky person
Sourocks is first recorded in Scots sources dating from the fifteenth century, where it denotes the plant, sorrel. In his poem, Sum Practysis of Medecyne’, medieval makar Robert Henryson describes "Ane medecyne for the maw (mouth)... With sueit satlingis (sediment from wine) and sowrokis". Early evidence of sourocks as a cooking ingredient is found in the Inventory and Account Book of Lord...
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