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Definition of Dorsels
1. dorsel [n] - See also: dorsel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dorsels
Literary usage of Dorsels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Mediaeval Art by Franz von Reber (1887)
"... choir tapestries or dorsels, and the hangings of the altar were, however,
often executed by native monks and nuns, or even by profane hands. ..."
2. The Parson's Handbook: Containing Practical Directions Both for Parsons and by Percy Dearmer (1902)
"There are some good ones also at Watts', 30 Baker Street, W. 3 High dorsels are
adaptations to particular needs of the upper frontal, which with its ..."
3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1854)
"... after they are ripe; being usually gathered in baskets, and transported to
the vats in dorsels sufficiently tight to prevent the juice from running out. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"... being usually gathered in baskets, and transported to the vats in dorsels,
sufficiently tight to prevent the juice from running out. ..."
5. Collectanea Anglo-poetica: Or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue by Thomas Corser, James Crossley (1878)
"... beauteous dorsels former sports, So farre from beeing toucht by ill reports ;
Wherein my selfe did alwaies beare a part, ..."
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