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corpse
(mass) | corpse
- mrtvola |
corpse
(encz) | corpse,mrtvola Martin M. |
Corpse
(gcide) | Corpse \Corpse\ (k[^o]rps), n. [OF. cors (sometimes written
corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See
Midriff, and cf. Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo.]
1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; --
sometimes contemptuously. [Obs.]
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Note: Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See
Corps, n., 1.
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2. The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.
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He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it
sprung upon its feet. --D. Webster.
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Corpse candle.
(a) A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the
customary watching with a corpse on the night before
its interment.
(b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a
candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp
places, superstitiously regarded as portending death.
Corpse gate, the gate of a burial place through which the
dead are carried, often having a covered porch; -- called
also lich gate.
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corpse
(wn) | corpse
n 1: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended
for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the
discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he
threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the
turf that wraps their clay" [syn: cadaver, corpse,
stiff, clay, remains] |
CORPSE
(bouvier) | CORPSE. The dead body (q.v.) of a human being. Russ. & Ry. 366, n.; 2 T. R.
733; 1 Leach, 497; 16 Eng. Com. L. Rep. 413; 8 Pick. 370; Dig. 47, 12, 3, 7
Id. 11, 7, 38; Code, 3, 441.
2. As a corpse is considered as nullius bonis, or the property of no
one, it follows that stealing it, is not, at common law, a larceny. 3 Inst.
203.
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corpse
(mass) | corpse
- mrtvola |
corpse
(encz) | corpse,mrtvola Martin M. |
corpses
(encz) | corpses,mrtvoly n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Corpse candle
(gcide) | Corpse \Corpse\ (k[^o]rps), n. [OF. cors (sometimes written
corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See
Midriff, and cf. Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo.]
1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; --
sometimes contemptuously. [Obs.]
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Note: Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See
Corps, n., 1.
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2. The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.
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He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it
sprung upon its feet. --D. Webster.
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Corpse candle.
(a) A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the
customary watching with a corpse on the night before
its interment.
(b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a
candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp
places, superstitiously regarded as portending death.
Corpse gate, the gate of a burial place through which the
dead are carried, often having a covered porch; -- called
also lich gate.
[1913 Webster] Corpulence |
Corpse gate
(gcide) | Corpse \Corpse\ (k[^o]rps), n. [OF. cors (sometimes written
corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See
Midriff, and cf. Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo.]
1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; --
sometimes contemptuously. [Obs.]
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Note: Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See
Corps, n., 1.
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2. The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.
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He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it
sprung upon its feet. --D. Webster.
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Corpse candle.
(a) A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the
customary watching with a corpse on the night before
its interment.
(b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a
candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp
places, superstitiously regarded as portending death.
Corpse gate, the gate of a burial place through which the
dead are carried, often having a covered porch; -- called
also lich gate.
[1913 Webster] Corpulence |
Incorpse
(gcide) | Incorpse \In*corpse"\, v. t.
To incorporate. [R.] --Shak.
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corpse
(wn) | corpse
n 1: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended
for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the
discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he
threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the
turf that wraps their clay" [syn: cadaver, corpse,
stiff, clay, remains] |
CORPSE
(bouvier) | CORPSE. The dead body (q.v.) of a human being. Russ. & Ry. 366, n.; 2 T. R.
733; 1 Leach, 497; 16 Eng. Com. L. Rep. 413; 8 Pick. 370; Dig. 47, 12, 3, 7
Id. 11, 7, 38; Code, 3, 441.
2. As a corpse is considered as nullius bonis, or the property of no
one, it follows that stealing it, is not, at common law, a larceny. 3 Inst.
203.
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