Dor|set

Dor|set
Dor|set1 «DR siht», noun.
an arctic Eskimo culture, believed to have flourished until approximately 1000 A.D.
[< Cape Dorset, Greenland, where it was first identified]
Dor|set2 «DR siht», noun, or Dorset Horn,
any one of an English breed of sheep having large horns and wool of medium length. Dorsets produce lambs at any season of the year. They are raised chiefly for their meat along the Atlantic coast.
[< Dorset(shire), a county in England]

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