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Webster 1913 Edition

Scorse

Scorse

(? or ?)
,
Noun.
[Cf. It.
scorsa
a course, and E.
discourse
.]
Barter; exchange; trade.
[Obs.]
And recompensed them with a better
scorse
.
Spenser.

Scorse

,
Verb.
T.
[Written also
scourse
, and
scoss
.]
1.
To barter or exchange.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
2.
To chase.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Scorse

,
Verb.
I.
To deal for the purchase of anything; to practice barter.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scorse

SCORSE

,
Noun.
[L. ex and cursus.] A course or dealing; barter. Obs.

SCORSE

, v.t.
1.
To chase. Obs.
2.
To barter or exchange. Obs.

SCORSE

,
Verb.
I.
To deal for the purchase of a horse. Obs.

Definition 2025

scorse

scorse

English

Noun

scorse

  1. (obsolete) barter; exchange; trade
    • Spenser
      And recompensed them with a better scorse.

Verb

scorse ‎(third-person singular simple present scorses, present participle scorsing, simple past and past participle scorsed)

  1. (obsolete) To barter or exchange.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ix:
      But Paridell sore brused with the blow, / Could not arise, the counterchaunge to scorse [...].
  2. (obsolete) To chase.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

scorse

  1. third-person singular past historic of scorgere

Adjective

scorse

  1. feminine plural of scorso

Noun

scorse f

  1. plural of scorsa

Etymology

Compare Italian scorsa ‎(“a course”), and English discourse.

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