dorse

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Etymology 1

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Noun

dorse (plural dorses)

  1. The Baltic cod or variable cod (Gadus morhua callarias).

Etymology 2

Compare Latin dorsum (the back).

Noun

dorse (plural dorses)

  1. (obsolete) The back of a book.
    • 1691, Anthony Wood, Athenæ Oxonienses:
      books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses
  2. (obsolete) A dossal.
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Verb

dorse

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of dorsen