Defn: An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body.
Blackstone.
CORSET
Cor"set (kr"st), n. Etym: [F., dim. of OF. cors, F. corps, body. See
Corse.]
1. In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women.
2. An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.
CORSET
Cor"set (kr"st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corseted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Corseting.]
Defn: To inclose in corsets.
CORSLET
Cors"let (krs"lt), n.
Defn: A corselet. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
CORSNED
Cors"ned (krs"nd), n. Etym: [AS. corsn.] (AS. Laws)
Defn: 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. Burril.