corsned

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noun

A consecrated piece of bread given to a person suspected of a crime, indicating innocence if swallowed easily and guilt if it stuck in the throat; a morsel of execration.

OriginOld English corsnǽd →
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Meanings

noun
  1. Anglo-Saxon lawA consecrated piece of bread given to a person suspected of a crime, indicating innocence if swallowed easily and guilt if it stuck in the throat; a morsel of execration.

    This corsned was then given to the suspected person[.]

    1870 April 23, The Albany Law Journal, Albany, New York, page 306, column 1

Origin

  1. Old Englishcorsnǽd
  2. Englishcorsned

From Old English corsnǽd (literally “chosen piece”).

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Anagrams

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