Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scouse \Scouse\ (skous), n. (Naut.)
   A sailor's dish. Bread scouse contains no meat; lobscouse
   contains meat, etc. See {Lobscouse}. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Source : WordNet®

scouse
     n : a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by
         sailors [syn: {lobscouse}, {lobscuse}]