Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dorse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dorse \Dorse\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The Baltic or variable cod ({Gadus callarias}), by some
believed to be the young of the common codfish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dorse \Dorse\, n. [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.
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