dulse

• dilisk, dillisk, dilsk, dulce

From Irish duileasc, Scottish Gaelic duileasg; compare Welsh delysg.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /dʌls/

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• Rhymes: -ʌls

dulse (usually uncountable, plural dulses)

1. A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland.
   • 1997, Bernard Scudder (translator), “Egil's Saga”, in The Sagas of Icelanders, 2001 edition, Penguin, page 151:

     Then Egil said, ‘That happens if you eat dulse, it makes you even thirstier.’

   • 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, 2003 edition, Vintage, page 90:

     They worked together on their father's patch: desperately, hungrily, from dawn to nightfall; dragging up dulse from the shore to nourish the stones; [...] but nothing much grew except their own sense of separation.

• Palmaria palmata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• duels, leuds, ludes, slued

From Spanish dulce (“candy, sweets, dessert”), from Latin dulcis.

dulse

1. (dated) candy, sweets

   Synonyms: kendi, karmelitos

From Latin dulcis (compare Spanish dulce).

dulse (Latin spelling)

1. sweet, sugary

dulse m (Latin spelling)

1. sweet preserves