SCORSE

Etymology

Noun

scorse

(obsolete) barter; exchange; trade

Verb

scorse (third-person singular simple present scorses, present participle scorsing, simple past and past participle scorsed)

(obsolete, ambitransitive) To barter or exchange.

(obsolete) To chase.

Anagrams

• Croses, Crosse, Secors, Sorces, cessor, corses, crosse, orcess, scores

Source: Wiktionary


Scorse ( or ), n. Etym: [Cf. It. scorsa a course, and E. discourse.]

Definition: Barter; exchange; trade. [Obs.] And recompensed them with a better scorse. Spenser.

Scorse, v. t. Etym: [Written also scourse, and scoss.]

1. To barter or exchange. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. To chase. [Obs.] Spenser.

Scorse, v. i.

Definition: To deal for the purchase of anything; to practice barter. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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