corse1
/kɔːs
/noun archaic
A corpse.Is there meant to be a pun, do you think, on course and corse?...
- This makes sense given Hamlet's ‘What may this mean, / That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel / Revisits thus the glimpses of the moon.’
Origin
Middle English: from Old French cors 'body', from Latin corpus. Compare with corpse.
Rhymes
Corse2
/kɔʀs/ French name for Corsica.
- take care
- take care of
- take charge
- take cognizance of
- take counsel
- take cover
- take delivery of
- takedown
- take effect
- take exception to
- take fire
- take five
- take flight
- take for granted
- take fright
- take from
- take guard
- take hold
- take holy orders
- take-home
- take-home pay
- take ill (sick)
- take-in
- take in sail
- take into consideration