Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A corpse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
curse . - noun The living body or bodily frame of an animal, especially and usually of a human being; the person.
- noun A dead body, especially and usually of a human being; a corpse.
- noun The body or main part, as the hull of a ship or the trunk or stem of a tree or vine.
- noun Same as
corset , 1. - noun A plaited or woven silk ribbon used for vestinents.
- noun An obsolete form of
course . - To trade; traffic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A living body or its bulk.
- noun Archaic or Poetic A corpse; the dead body of a human being.
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- noun obsolete A (living)
body . - noun archaic A dead body, a
corpse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France
- noun a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte
Etymologies
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Examples
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Stay the corse is not the answer, how about a plan
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Thy dead, murdered corse is the watchword, and, with God's grace, the victor paean of an emancipated, chastened, glorified Republic!
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The corse was a review of the major english translated works of Baha'u'llah's
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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It may occur to some hypercritical person to suggest that the English language has frequently been murdered in my den, and that it is its horrid corse which is playing havoc at my home, crying out to heaven and flaunting its bloody wounds in the face of my conscience, but I can pass such an aspersion as that by with contemptuous silence, for even if it were true it could not be set down as wilful assassination on my part, since no sane person who needs a language as much as I do would ever in cold blood kill any one of the many that lie about us.
Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others John Kendrick Bangs 1892
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But don't forget the addition of these three lines, which are clinchers to Eve's speech. "] [135] [If Byron had read his plays aloud, or been at pains to revise the proofs, he would hardly have allowed" corse "to remain in such close proximity to" curse. "] [136] {272} [" I have avoided introducing the Deity, as in Scripture
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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I accept your point, but computing is not really a vocational course and of corse it requires maths and science because of the nature of the subject.
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Then cycle the action and if possible bring a 30-30 snap cap to drop the hammer and see how the trigger feels. of corse, the exterior has to please your sense of clean as well.
Is a winchester model 94 30-30 in good condition for $250 a good deal? 2009
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Then cycle the action and if possible bring a 30-30 snap cap to drop the hammer and see how the trigger feels. of corse, the exterior has to please your sense of clean as well.
Is a winchester model 94 30-30 in good condition for $250 a good deal? 2009
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Tue 12/01/09 3: 31 PM of corse! but i have all. jason
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Of corse its fake, y would there be an alternative ending if it wasnt????
“Paranormal Activity” is the real deal » Scene-Stealers 2009
bilby commented on the word corse
"FIRST LORD: Bear from hence his body,
And mourn you for him. Let him be regarded
As the most noble corse that ever herald
Did follow to his urn."
- William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.
August 29, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word corse
... I read that first line way wrong.
August 31, 2009