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darse

darse is the obsolete form of dace.

Meaning of dace

Noun

dace (plural dace or daces)

  1. A shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
    • Somewhere near at hand, though out of sight, there was a clear, slow-moving stream where dace were swimming in the pools under the willow trees.1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 3
  2. (US) Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.

Forms of darse

pluraldarse
pluraldarses

Origin of darse

From Middle English darse, dace, from Old French darz, oblique plural of dart (“spear; javelin”).

Questions about darse

What is darse the obsolete form of?
Darse is the obsolete form of dace.

Words near darse in the dictionary

  1. darrs
  2. Darryl
  3. dars
  4. darsana
  5. darsanas
  6. darse
  7. darsen't
  8. Darsey
  9. Darseys
  10. Darsham
  11. darshan

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