dorse
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Etymology 1[edit]
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Noun[edit]
dorse (plural dorses)
- The Baltic cod or variable cod (Gadus morhua callarias).
Etymology 2[edit]
Compare Latin dorsum (“the back”).
Noun[edit]
dorse (plural dorses)
- (obsolete) The back of a book.
- 1691, Anthony Wood, Athenæ Oxonienses:
- books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses
- (obsolete) A dossal.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “dorse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Archive.org
Anagrams[edit]
- -serod, DEROS, ReDoS, Sedor, Soder, deros, doers, doser, ordes, redos, resod, rodes, rosed, soder, sored
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Verb[edit]
dorse