SCOURSE
\skˈɔːs], \skˈɔːs], \s_k_ˈɔː_s]\
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sk[=o]rs, v.i. (Spens.) to run: to hurry. [O. Fr. escourser--L. excurr[)e]re, excursum, to run out.]
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sk[=o]rs, v.t. to barter, exchange.--v.i. to make an exchange.--n. (Spens.) discourse.--Also SCORSE, SCOSS. [Prob. discourse.]
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).