dorse Meaning, Definition & Usage

Dorse noun
Etymology
Cf. L. dorsum the back. See Dorsel, Dosel.
Definitions
  1. Same as dorsal, n. Obs.
  2. The back of a book. Obs.
    Books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses. Wood.
Dorse noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.

Webster 1913