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Webster 1913 Edition

Dulse

Dulse

(dŭls)

,

Noun.

[Cf. Gael.

duileasg

;

duille

leaf +

uisge

water. Cf.

.]

(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.