dulse
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Borrowed from Irish duileasc, Scottish Gaelic duileasg; compare Welsh delysg.
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dulse (usually uncountable, plural dulses)
- A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland.
- 1997, “Egil's Saga”, in Bernard Scudder, transl., The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 151:
- Then Egil said, ‘That happens if you eat dulse, it makes you even thirstier.’
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 90:
- They worked together on their father's patch: desperately, hungrily, from dawn to nightfall; dragging up dulse from the shore to nourish the stones; [...] but nothing much grew except their own sense of separation.
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reddish brown seaweed that is eaten
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- Palmaria palmata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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dúlse (Basahan spelling ᜇᜓᜎ᜔ᜐᜒ)
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dúlse (Badlit spelling ᜇᜓᜎ᜔ᜐᜒ)
- (dated) candy, sweets
- Synonyms: kendi, karmelitos
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From Latin dulcis (compare Spanish dulce).
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dulse (Latin spelling)
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dulse m (Latin spelling)
- sweet preserves