DORSES

Noun

dorses

plural of dorse

Anagrams

• Sedors, dosers, dosser, resods, rossed, soders, sordes

Source: Wiktionary


DORSE

Dorse, n. Etym: [Cf. L. dorsum the back. See Dorsel, Dosel.]

1. Same as dorsal, n. [Obs.]

2. The back of a book. [Obs.] Books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses. Wood.

Dorse, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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