dorse
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /dɔː(ɹ)s/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s
Etymology 1
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Noun
editdorse (plural dorses)
- The Baltic cod or variable cod (Gadus morhua callarias).
Etymology 2
editCompare Latin dorsum (“the back”).
Noun
editdorse (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
editReferences
edit- “dorse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Archive.org
Anagrams
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editVerb
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