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Webster 1913 Edition


Dulse

Dulse

(dŭls)
,
Noun.
[Cf. Gael.
duileasg
;
duille
leaf +
uisge
water. Cf.
Whisky
.]
(Bot.)
A seaweed of a reddish brown color, which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is
Sarcophyllis edulis
; the common is
Rhodymenia
.
[Written also
dillisk.
]
The crimson leaf of the
dulse
is seen
To blush like a banner bathed in slaughter.
Percival.