dorse

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔː(ɹ)s/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s

Etymology 1

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Noun

dorse (plural dorses)

1. The Baltic cod or variable cod (Gadus morhua callarias).

Etymology 2

Compare Latin dorsum (“the back”).

Noun

dorse (plural dorses)

1. (obsolete) The back of a book.
   • 1691, Anthony Wood, Athenæ Oxonienses:

     books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses

2. (obsolete) A dossal.

Derived terms

• send to dorse

References

• “dorse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Archive.org

Anagrams

• -serod, DEROS, ReDoS, Sedor, Soder, deros, doers, doser, ordes, redos, resod, rodes, rosed, soder, sored

Dutch

Verb

dorse

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of dorsen