SCORSES

Verb

scorses

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scorse

Anagrams

• cessors, crosses

Source: Wiktionary


SCORSE

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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