The Baltic cod or variable cod (Gadus morhua callarias).
noun
1
The back of a book.
books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses
2
A dossal.
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send to dorse
To throw (a person) onto their back; to knock out.
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books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses
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