corse

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

corse, n. [OF. cors, F. corps. See Corpse.].

•  A living body or its bulk.  [1913 Webster]

  "For he was strong, and of so mighty corse
  As ever wielded spear in warlike hand."  [1913 Webster]
•  A corpse; the dead body of a human being.  [1913 Webster]

  "Set down the corse; or, by Saint Paul,
  I'll make a corse of him that disobeys."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

corse, n. archaic a corpse.

Etymology

var. of CORPSE

ROGET THESAURUS

corse

Corpse

N corpse, corse, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones, defunct, relics, reliquiae, remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, earth, clay, mummy, carrion, food for worms, food for fishes, tenement of clay this mortal coil, shade, ghost, manes, organic remains, fossils, cadaverous, corpse-like, unburied, sapromyiophyllous.