Meaning and Origin
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Origin and Meaning of Dorse
User Submitted Origins
Irish
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English
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International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Dorse
Senses
- Same as dorsal (n.) (Obs)
- The back of a book.(Obs)"Books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses." [Wood.]
Etymology: Cf. L. dorsum the back. See Dorsel Dosel
noun Dorse
The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.
Wiktionary
Compare Latin dorsum (“the back”).
- The back of a book.
dorse was also found in the following language(s): Dutch