Corse"pres`ent (k?rs"pr?z`ent or k?rs"-), n. (Engl.Law) An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body. Blackstone.
Cor"set (k?r"s?t), n. [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.
Cor"set (k?r"s?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corseted; p. pr. & vb. n. Corseting.] To inclose in corsets.
Cors"let (k?rs"l?t), n. A corselet. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
Cors"ned (k?rs"n?d), n. [AS. corsn&?;d.] (AS. Laws) 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.
||Cor`tÚge" (k?r`t?zh"), n. [F., fr. It. corteggio train, fr. corte court. See Court.] A train of attendants; a procession.
Cor"tes (k?r"t?s), n. pl. [Sp. & Pg., fr. corte court.] The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain.
||Cor"tex (k?r"t?ks), n.; pl. Cortices (-t&?;-s&?;z). [L., bark. Cf. Cork.] 1. Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering.