Part 2457

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A piratical vessel.</def>

<blockquote>Barbary <b>corsairs</b> . . . infested the coast of the Mediterranean. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Corsak</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor"sak</hw> <tt>(k?r"s?k)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small foxlike mammal (<spn>Cynalopex corsac</spn>), found in Central Asia.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>corsac</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Corse</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Corse</hw> <tt>(k?rs &or; k?rs; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>cors</ets>, F. <ets>corps</ets>. See <er>Corpse</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A living body or its bulk.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>For he was strong, and of so mighty <b>corse</b> As ever wielded spear in warlike hand. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A corpse; the dead body of a human being.</def> <mark>[Archaic or Poetic]</mark>

<blockquote>Set down the <b>corse</b>; or, by Saint Paul, I'll make a <b>corse</b> of him that disobeys. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Corselet</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Corse"let</hw> <tt>(k?rs"l?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., dim. of OF. <ets>cors</ets>. F. <ets>corps</ets>, body. See <er>Corse</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together; -- also, used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The thorax of an insect.</def>

<h1>Corsepresent</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Corse"pres`ent</hw> <tt>(k?rs"pr?z`<it>e</it>nt &or; k?rs"-)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Engl.Law)</fld> <def>An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Corset</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor"set</hw> <tt>(k?r"s?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., dim. of OF. <ets>cors</ets>, F. <ets>corps</ets>, body. See <er>Corse</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women.</def>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.</def>

<h1>Corset</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cor"set</hw> <tt>(k?r"s?t)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Corseted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Corseting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To inclose in corsets.</def>

<h1>Corslet</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cors"let</hw> <tt>(k?rs"l?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A corselet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hakluyt.</i>

<h1>Corsned</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cors"ned</hw> <tt>(k?rs"n?d)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>corsn<?/d</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(AS. Laws)</fld> <def>The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt.</def>

<i>Burril.</i>

<h1>Cort\'82ge</h1> <Xpage=328>