corse

(kôrs)

n. Archaic

A corpse.

[Middle English cors, from Old French, from Latin corpus; see k^wrep- in Indo-European roots.]

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corse

(kɔːs)

an archaic word for corpse

Corse

(kɔrs)

(Placename) the French name for Corsica

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corpse

(kɔrps)

n.

1. a dead body, usu. of a human being.

2. Obs. a human or animal body, whether alive or dead.

[1225–75; Middle English corps; orig. sp. variant of cors corse but the p is now sounded]

syn: See body.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	Corse - an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France Corsica Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea - the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia
	2.	Corse - a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte Corsica Armata Corsa, Corsican Army - a terrorist organization founded in 1999 to oppose the link between nationalists and the Corsican mafia; "the attacks of Armata Corsa are aimed at symbolic targets of colonialism in Corsica" France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

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Each corse lay flat, lifeless and flat, And, by the holy rood!

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Mad mourners of a corse! The troubled plumes of midnight shook

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And now it is the time; from Hell's abyss Come thirsting Tantalus, come Sisyphus Heaving the cruel stone, come Tityus With vulture, and with wheel Ixion come, And come the sisters of the ceaseless toil; And all into this breast transfer their pains, And (if such tribute to despair be due) Chant in their deepest tones a doleful dirge Over a corse unworthy of a shroud.

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'For my sake--for mine, Lenville--forego all idle forms, unless you would see me a blighted corse at your feet.'

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And the dumb river shall receive your corse And wash it all unheeded to the sea.

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I am standing in Mary Corse's studio, a large white box with a sloping flat roof that she built two years ago beside her home in the wild landscape of Topanga Canyon, just a few minutes north of Santa Monica.

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