scorset

See scoursel, scourse2. Pr. escorsa fornicator, MD. schor e), F. écorce, bark; from the verb, It. scorzare = Pr. escorsar = OF. escorcer, F. écorcer, 2. [l. c.] A plant of this genus. Colonel Blunt presented the company.. with excellent scorzoneras, which he said might be propagated in England as much as parsnips. Oldenburg, To Boyle, Nov. 15, 1666.