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Corsned
(gcide) | Corsned \Cors"ned\ (k[^o]rs"n[e^]d), n. [AS. corsn[=ae]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.
[1913 Webster] cortege |
CORSNED
(bouvier) | CORSNED, ancient Eng. law. This was a piece of accursed bread, which a
person accused of a crime swallowed to test his innocence. It was supposed
that, if he was guilty, it would choke him.
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Corsned
(gcide) | Corsned \Cors"ned\ (k[^o]rs"n[e^]d), n. [AS. corsn[=ae]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.
[1913 Webster] cortege |
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