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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DORSE

n.A canopy.

 

DORSEL

n.[See Dosser. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DORSE

Dorse, n. Etym: [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.

 

DORSE

DORSE Dorse, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias ), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.

 

DORSEL

Dor "sel, n. Etym: [See Dosser. ]

 

1. A pannier.

 

2. Same as Dorsal, n.

 

DORSER

DORSER Dor "ser, n.

 

Defn: See Dosser.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Dorset

Dor set |ˈdôrsit ˈdɔrsət | a county of southwestern England; county town, Dorchester.

 

Dorset

Dorset 2 |ˈdɔːsɪt | noun [ usu. as modifier ] Archaeology a prehistoric culture which flourished in the American Arctic during the 1st millennium ad and was displaced by the Thule culture. ORIGIN 1930s: from the name of Cape Dorset, Baffin Island.

 

Dorset Down

Dor ¦set Down noun a sheep of a breed with a brown face and legs.

 

Dorset Horn

Dor ¦set Horn noun a sheep of a breed with a white face and horns on both the ewe and the ram.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Dorset

Dorset 1 |ˈdɔːsɪt | a county of SW England; county town, Dorchester.

 

Dorset

Dorset 2 |ˈdɔːsɪt | noun [ usu. as modifier ] Archaeology a prehistoric culture which flourished in the American Arctic during the 1st millennium ad and was displaced by the Thule culture. ORIGIN 1930s: from the name of Cape Dorset, Baffin Island.

 

Dorset Down

Dor ¦set Down noun a sheep of a breed with a brown face and legs.

 

Dorset Horn

Dor ¦set Horn noun a sheep of a breed with a white face and horns on both the ewe and the ram.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Dorset

Dor set /dɔ́ː r sɪt /名詞 ドーセット 〘イングランド南部の州; ⦅略 ⦆Dors.; 州都Dorchester 〙.