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▪ I. † tarse1 Obs. Also 6 terse. [OE. teors = OHG., MHG. zërs, MDu. teers, teres.] The penis.
c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 358 Wið hærþena sare & teorses bares bræᵹen meng wið huniᵹ. c1000Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 265/33 Calamus, teors, þæt wæpen uel lim. 1382Wyclif 1 Sam. xviii. 25 No sposeilis, but oonli an hundrid tersis [1388 prepucies] of Philisteis. 14..MS. Porkington x (Halliw.) Now ȝe speke of a tarse. 1500–20Dunbar 7 Deidly Synnis 88 Tersis. 1530Palsgr. 279/2 Tarse of a man or beest, uit. 1730–6in Bailey (folio). ▪ II. tarse2 rare—0.|tɑːs| [a. F. tarse, ad. L. tarsus.] = tarsus 1.
1842in Brande Dict. Sc., etc. Hence in later Dicts. ▪ III. tarse variant of tars Obs. |