corse noun. [kɔ:s] Also (the only form in sense 4) cors. ME.
[Old French cors (mod. CORPS). Cf. CORPSE noun.]
1. = CORPSE noun 1. ME-L16.

2. = CORPSE noun 2. Now arch. & poet. ME.

3. A ribbon or band serving as ground for an ornamented girdle, garter, etc. ME-M16.

4. Architecture. A slender pillar surmounted by a pinnacle or figure and close to but not supporting a wall. L15-M19.

Comb.:
corse-present a customary gift due to the clergy from the effects of a deceased householder.

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corse verb trans. ['kɔ:s] Long obsolete exc. dial. Also course. ME.
[Origin unkn. Cf. COSS verb, SCORSE verb¹.]
Barter, exchange, buy and sell, (esp. horses).

■ corser noun a dealer, a jobber; esp. (more fully

■ horse-corser) a horse-dealer: LME.

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