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dorses

dorses is the plural of dorse.

Meaning of dorse

Noun (1)

dorse (plural dorses)

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

Noun (2)

dorse (plural dorses)

  1. (obsolete) The back of a book.
    • books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses1691, Anthony Wood, Athenæ Oxonienses
  2. (obsolete) A dossal.

Questions about dorses

What is dorses the plural of?
Dorses is the plural of dorse.

Words near dorses in the dictionary

  1. dorsel
  2. dorsels
  3. dorser
  4. dorseret
  5. dorsers
  6. dorses
  7. Dorset
  8. Dorset button
  9. Dorset buttons
  10. Dorset Down
  11. Dorset Horn

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