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Dorse vs Torse - What's the difference?

dorse | torse |

As nouns the difference between dorse and torse

is that dorse is the baltic or variable cod (gadus callarias ), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish or dorse can be the back of a book while torse is (heraldry) a twist of cloth or wreath underneath and part of a crest always shown as six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on.

dorse

English

Etymology 1

Noun

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

    • Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) (lena) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The back of a book.
  • * Wood
    • Books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses .
    (Webster 1913) ----

    torse

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (heraldry) A twist of cloth or wreath underneath and part of a crest. Always shown as six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on.

    • References

    * A complete guide to heraldry, A C Fox-Davis.

    Anagrams

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