(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:44:48

Corse [OF. cors, F. corps. See Corpse.]

1.

A living body or its bulk.

[Obs.]

For he was strong, and of so mighty corse As ever wielded spear in warlike hand. Spenser.

2.

A corpse; the dead body of a human being.

[Archaic or Poetic]

Set down the corse; or, by Saint Paul, I'll make a corse of him that disobeys. Shak.

 

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