Scorse

//skɔː(ɹ)s// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    barter; exchange; trade obsolete

    "And recompenst him with a better scorse."

Verb
  1. 1
    To barter or exchange. ambitransitive, obsolete

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

  2. 2
    To chase. obsolete

    "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"

Synonyms

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barter

Example

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"And recompenst him with a better scorse."

Etymology

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

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