An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

CORS, CORSS, s. An animated body.

Fr. corps.

Douglas.

CORSBOLLIS, pl. Crossbows.
Complaynt S.

CORSES, s. pl. Money, from its bearing the firm of the cross.
Dunbar.

CORSSY, adj. Bigbodied, corpulent.
Douglas.

CORSYBELLY, s. A shirt for a child, open before, S. B.
Ross.

Q. A shirt that is folded across the belly.

CORTER, s.
1. A quarter, corr. from quarter, Aberd.
2. A cake, because quartered, ibid.
Journal Lond.

CORUIE, s. A crooked iron for pulling down buildings.
Hudson.