scorse

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/skɔː(ɹ)s/

noun

barter; exchange; trade

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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoletebarter; exchange; trade

    And recompenst him with a better scorse.

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 55
verbscorse (third-person singular simple present scorses, present participle scorsing, simple past and past participle scorsed)

present singular third person scorses · participle present scorsing · participle past scorsed · past scorsed

  1. ambitransitiveobsoleteTo barter or exchange.

    But Paridell sore brused with the blow, / Could not arise, the counterchaunge to scorse […]

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. obsoleteTo chase.

    Him first from court he to the citties coursed, And from the citties to the townes him prest, And from the townes into the countrie forsed , And from the country back to private farmes he scorsed

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
barter

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with scorse

sourcecourseresourceforcehorsedivorceworkforceenforcediscourseendorsecoarsereinforceoutsourcerecourseNorseremorseperforcecorseboursehoarsegorseahorseamorcedeforce
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Anagrams

scorescrossecessororcess
Cite this entry
APA

scorse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scorse

MLA

“scorse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scorse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scorse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scorse.

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