'Corsned' definitions:

Definition of 'Corsned'

From: 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