dulse

plural dulses · alternative dilisk · alternative dillisk · alternative dilsk · alternative dulce

1. uncountableusuallyA seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland.

   Then Egil said, ‘That happens if you eat dulse, it makes you even thirstier.’

   1997, “Egil's Saga”, in Bernard Scudder, transl., The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 151

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   They worked together on their father's patch: desperately, hungrily, from dawn to nightfall; dragging up dulse from the shore to nourish the stones; [...] but nothing much grew except their own sense of separation.

   2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 90