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2011 Spanish novel by Antonio Garrido
The Corpse Reader is a novel in a mix of several genres, has elements of historical thriller, realistic, medical fiction, and science fantasy by Spanish
The_Corpse_Reader
American death metal band
Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1988, now based in Tampa, Florida. The band has released sixteen studio
Cannibal_Corpse
American writer (born 1946)
from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2020. Codrescu, Andrei (August 1989). The Stiffest of the Corpse: an Exquisite Corpse Reader, 1983-1990
Andrei_Codrescu
Chinese physician and forensic entomologist (1186–1249)
dramas about Song Ci The Corpse Reader, a novel in a mix of several genres, by Spanish author Antonio Garrido [es], based on the book Collected Cases
Song_Ci
Song dynasty handbook of forensic science
translation Garrido, Antonio (2013). The Corpse Reader. AmazonCrossing. ISBN 978-1612184364.. A novel (historical fiction) inspired by the life of Ci Song.
Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified
Collected_Cases_of_Injustice_Rectified
Buddhist meditation of a decaying corpse
The contemplation of the nine stages of a decaying corpse is a Buddhist meditational practice in which the practitioner imagines or observes the gradual
Nine_stages_of_decay
Sexual act
repeatedly crouching over the corpse of another player-controlled character as a form of humiliation or to provoke the other player. The practice likely originated
Teabagging
Seventh part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
as a front for collecting the scattered pieces of a 1900-year-old corpse known as the Holy Corpse (heavily implied to be the body of Jesus Christ). Valentine
Steel_Ball_Run
1966 anthology of works by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Tolkien Reader is an anthology of works by J. R. R. Tolkien. It includes a variety of short stories, poems, a play and some non-fiction. It compiles
The_Tolkien_Reader
Corpse: An Exquisite Corpse Reader. City Lights Publishers. ISBN 9780872862135. Cuddon, John Anthony; Preston, Claire (1998). The Penguin Dictionary of
Sadism and masochism in fiction
Sadism_and_masochism_in_fiction
Daost physiological belief
The Three Corpses (Chinese: 三尸; pinyin: sānshī) or Three Worms (Chinese: 三蟲; pinyin: sānchóng) are a Daoist physiological belief that demonic creatures
Three_Corpses
1930 short story by William Faulkner
his corpse for three days and refuses to admit that he is dead before surrendering his body for burial. The reader also sees this with the corpse of Homer
A_Rose_for_Emily
American poet (1929–1999)
Spitzer, Mark (1996), "Dinner with Slinger", in Thus Spake the Corpse, An Exquisite Corpse Reader 1988–1998, Vol. 2 - Fictions, Travels & Translations (Codrescu
Ed_Dorn
American writer (1934–2020)
Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017. Codrescu, Andrei (1999-01-01). Thus spake the Corpse: an Exquisite corpse reader, 1988-1998
Pat_Schneider
Steampunk comic created by Joe Benitez (2010–present)
chronological order. The Demon of Satan's Alley #0 (2010) - Compiled into Volume 1 TPB & Volume 1 HC The Mystery of Mechanical Corpse #1–5 (2011–2015) -
Lady_Mechanika
1995 novel by the Argentine writer Tomás Eloy Martínez
Martínez. It is the story of the corpse of Argentine political leader Eva Perón, the second wife of Argentine president Juan Perón. The book became a bestseller
Santa_Evita
again serving as a sub-boss in the game's arcade-ladder mode. In Mortal Kombat 11 (2019), Goro's corpse appears in the story mode and in his "Lair" stage
Characters of the Mortal Kombat series
Characters_of_the_Mortal_Kombat_series
1973 book by Roland Barthes
explodes literary codes and allows the reader to break out of his or her subject position. The "readerly" and the "writerly" texts were identified and
The_Pleasure_of_the_Text
all fours'. Corpse powder or corpse poison (Navajo: áńt'į́, literally 'witchery' or 'harming') is a substance made from powdered corpses. The powder is
Witchcraft_in_North_America
from the 362nd Signal Company failed to return from a fishing trip near Qui Nhon. Search parties eventually found their corpses in shallow water. The VC
1965_in_the_Vietnam_War
1975 novel by Gabriel García Márquez
in power. The first three chapters begin with an omniscient and anonymous narrator finding the corpse of the General; the beginning of the third chapter
The_Autumn_of_the_Patriarch
2013 film by Denis Villeneuve
a corpse in the house of priest Patrick Dunn. Dunn admits to killing him after the man confessed to murdering 16 children for his "war on God". The police
Prisoners_(2013_film)
American serial killer (1947–1996)
traces of drugs or alcohol were found in his blood. On July 21, 1982, the topless corpse of 22-year-old Maurice Allen Taylor was found in Hamilton County's
Herb_Baumeister
2016 South Korean film by Na Hong-jin
Jong-goo and his companions hunt down the stranger but are attacked by the reanimated corpse of another victim, giving the stranger time to flee. They eventually
The_Wailing_(2016_film)
English brothers, sculptors and installation artists
previous work Great Deeds against the Dead. The original work shows three dismembered corpses hanging from a tree, Sex shows the same scenario, but in a heightened
Jake_and_Dinos_Chapman
Ancient Egyptian religious festivities
failing that, the lymph that had drained from it. The Mysteries were based on the legend of the removal of Osiris' corpse by Set and the scattering of
Mysteries_of_Osiris
Undead being from Haitian folklore and horror fiction
Creole: zonbi) is an animated corpse raised by magical means, such as witchcraft. The Oxford English Dictionary derives the word from French and a French
Zombie
Character created by Thomas Harris
transferred the body to an adjacent bathroom where he slit Rangel's throat and drained his body completely of blood before dismembering his corpse. Ballí is
Hannibal_Lecter
Burton; in Planet of the Apes (2001), Big Fish (2003), Corpse Bride (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet
List of Helena Bonham Carter performances
List_of_Helena_Bonham_Carter_performances
1954 novel by William Golding
battle occurs near the island and the body of a fighter pilot drifts down in a parachute. Twin boys Sam and Eric mistake the corpse for the beast. When Ralph
Lord_of_the_Flies
2025 film by Danny Boyle
whom he once witnessed burning corpses en masse, is too mentally unstable to help. Unconvinced, Spike and Isla escape the island and journey to mainland
28_Years_Later
American actor
acting, writing and editing at the 13th Oceanside International Film Festival. In 2024, Butler directed a film titled A Corpse in Kensington, based on his
Brian_Patrick_Butler
throughout the United States and around the world. After the final episode of the television series aired in 1996, Angela Lansbury sporadically reprised the character
List of Murder, She Wrote episodes
List_of_Murder,_She_Wrote_episodes
Egyptian god of the desert, storms, violence, and foreigners
sister-wife, Isis, reassembled his corpse and resurrected her dead brother-husband with the help of the goddess Nephthys. The resurrection lasted long enough
Set_(deity)
Mythical creature
cases, not only to individuals being accused of vampirism, but also to the corpses of such suspected vampires being pierced with stakes. Local variants
Vampire
American writer
In Andrei Codrescu; Laura Rosenthal (eds.). Thus spake the Corpse: an Exquisite corpse reader, 1988-1998. Vol. 1. David R. Godine Publisher. ISBN 978-1-57423-100-7
John_Batki
Epic historical novel by Cormac McCarthy
"Davy" or "Brown": A member of the Glanton gang who wears a necklace of human ears – likely taken from Bathcat's corpse. He is arrested in San Diego, having
Blood_Meridian
that Kurogiri is a Nomu created from the corpse of his late friend, Oboro Shirakumo and his confrontation with the man responsible, Kyudai Garaki. He expressed
List of My Hero Academia characters
List_of_My_Hero_Academia_characters
planned to camp in the woods, but in response to finding the corpse, decided to notify the authorities and cancel their plans. The video gained 6.3 million
List_of_YouTube_videos
1969 novel by Kurt Vonnegut
Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in bad condition in that particular moment, but that the same person is just fine
Slaughterhouse-Five
Cast of American crime drama TV series
Christopher and Furio Giunta meet him to deal with the aftermath. They get rid of Richie's car and bring his corpse to Satriale's to dismember it while Tony sends
List of The Sopranos characters
List_of_The_Sopranos_characters
Character in A Song of Ice and Fire
Following the battle, Tyrion wanders through the ruins of King's Landing and eventually discovers the corpses of Jaime and Cersei, crushed by rubble in the Red
Tyrion_Lannister
Cocktail made with whiskey, bitters and sugar
response to a reader's letter asking to define the word in the 6 May 1806, issue of The Balance and Columbian Repository in Hudson, New York. In the 13 May 1806
Old_fashioned_(cocktail)
Queen of Castile (1504–1555) and Aragon (1516–1555)
"mad", and that she took her husband's corpse with her to Tordesillas to keep it close to her. As a result of the death of her father, Ferdinand II, on
Joanna_of_Castile
UFO legend caused by 1947 balloon crash
expanded the incident to include governments concealing evidence of extraterrestrial beings, grey aliens, multiple crashed flying saucers, alien corpses and
Roswell_incident
1969 studio album by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Forward and the Dust Blows Back", and "Orange Claw Hammer") while one was a spontaneous improvisation ("China Pig"). "Bills Corpse" was titled for the emaciated
Trout_Mask_Replica
1984 Indian military operation
government bribed and threatened local Dalit sweepers into handling the corpses, promising them possession of anything of value found on them. Gandhi
Operation_Blue_Star
2018 Chinese web novel
also incorporated reader feedback into future instalments of the series. It is one of 144 web novels in the National Library of China. The English release
Lord_of_Mysteries
Era of murder mystery novels
the Golden Age as "the Twenties" and "the Thirties". Symons notes that Philip Van Doren Stern's article, "The Case of the Corpse in the Blind Alley" (1941)
Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Golden_Age_of_Detective_Fiction
Science fantasy novel series
corpse in the Lupercal's Court. The death of their Primarch drives the Blood Angels into insanity, fighting friend and foe alike. 64. The End and the
The_Horus_Heresy
American rock band
glam rock outfit, setting aside the "rotting-corpse chic" of the previous era in favor of attire more suited to the genre, incorporating leather, platform
Marilyn_Manson_(band)
Folktale
orally for longer. This tale is part of the Aarne–Thompson Type 366 which means that a corpse comes back from the dead to claim what was stolen from them
The_Golden_Arm
whose corpse ought not to be washed or given a decent burial." Issues surrounding the use of reason ('Aql) and rational came about in relation to the attributes
Views_of_Ibn_Taymiyya
Disputed Russian republic in eastern Ukraine
soldiers. In one incident, corpses of Ukrainian servicemen were found with "their hands tied with white electrical cable" after the pro-Russian rebel groups
Donetsk_People's_Republic
16th-century movement in Western Christianity
was thought to include a straw from the stable of the Nativity, the corpse of a holy innocent, and drops from the Virgin's breast milk. "Luther himself
Reformation
Trial of Menahem Mendel Beilis for a ritual murder
Yelansky. The body was covered with forty-seven stab wounds inflicted by an awl. The corpse was significantly drained of blood. It was determined that the cave
Beilis_affair
Fictional character and main antagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
hired by President of the United States Funny Valentine in his quest to find the pieces of the Saint's Corpse scattered along the racecourse, but after
Dio_Brando
Fantasy comedy TV series (2019–2026)
Army role. Madame Tracy wore costumes reflecting her dual jobs as psychic reader and sex worker. "Flowing gowns" and colours reflecting "kookiness" were
Good_Omens_(TV_series)
2017 studio album by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
havoc on the townspeople. The Lord chooses to fight the Balrog and defeats him, eventually leaving him as a burning corpse in "The Acrid Corpse". The Lord
Murder_of_the_Universe
British-American mass murderer and terrorist (1991–2014)
(May 27, 2014). "In the mind of a killer *Not for sensitive readers". News24. Archived from the original on April 29, 2026. Retrieved March 3, 2026.{{cite
Elliot_Rodger
Roman military expedition
all the information necessary to understand the course of the war and assumed that the reader had extensive knowledge of the context. Moreover, the enormous
Germanicus's expedition into Germania
Germanicus's_expedition_into_Germania
1968 book by Lev Bezymenski
determining that the body purportedly belonging to Hitler had died from poison injected by Stumpfegger on 1 May, with Günsche having hidden the corpse in a secret
The_Death_of_Adolf_Hitler
American deathcore band
Rest'. In the winter of 2022, the band toured the United States alongside Cannibal Corpse, Whitechapel, and Revocation. On March 30, 2023, the band released
Shadow_of_Intent
Genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany
determined who would be loaded onto the trains. Many Jews were shot during the action, often leaving ghettos strewn with corpses. Jewish forced laborers had to
The_Holocaust
Umberto (2 November 2017). "'Thor: Ragnarok': Marvel Boss Kevin Feige Explains That Mid-Credits Scene". TheWrap. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017
List of films with post-credits scenes
List_of_films_with_post-credits_scenes
around the Internet. These Internet entries are often brief, user-generated, paranormal stories intended to scare, frighten, or discomfort readers. The Backrooms
List_of_creepypastas
or witches, but can also be created by a malevolent spirit possessing a corpse or a living person being bitten by a vampire themselves. Belief in such
Vampire_folklore_by_region
Commune, gang, and cult in California led by Charles Manson
Contacting the prosecutor in his case, Steve Grogan told him Shea's corpse had been buried intact. Grogan drew a map that pinpointed the location, and the body
Manson_Family
American serial killer (1960–1994)
decapitated the body before attempting to flay the corpse. He stripped the flesh from the body and pulverized the bones, which he disposed of in the trash.
Jeffrey_Dahmer
Fictional character by Emily Brontë
buried. His corpse is initially found by Nelly Dean, who, peeping into his room, spots him. Heathcliff grows restless towards the very end of the novel and
Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)
Heathcliff_(Wuthering_Heights)
American mythologist, writer, and lecturer (1904–1987)
(1946) The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil. Heinrich Zimmer (1948) Philosophies of India. Heinrich Zimmer (1951) The Portable
Joseph_Campbell
Colombian serial killer and sex offender (1957–2023)
before leaving the severed genitals in the mouth of the severed head. Necrophilia with the victim's corpse was also occasionally involved in the crimes; sometimes
Luis_Garavito
Nicaraguan socialist political party founded in 1961
also found in the town of Quininowas which contained six corpses, believed to be an entire family killed by government forces when the town was invaded
Sandinista National Liberation Front
Sandinista_National_Liberation_Front
British criminal duo during 1950s and 1960s
the disposal of the body. With McVitie's corpse being too big to fit in the boot of the car, it was wrapped in an eiderdown and put in the back seat. Tony
Kray_twins
Subgenre of heavy metal music
in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms. Venom initiated the "first wave" of black metal, with their 1982 album Black Metal giving it its name. In the following
Black_metal
American political controversy
included tampering with the corpse, destroying and suppressing evidence, and killing witnesses. Heading the cabal were some of the world's most powerful men:
John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories
John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories
Abbeydorney who was mistakenly charged with the crime along with her family. While she had in fact hidden the corpse of a baby she gave birth to who died of
List of unsolved murders (1980–1999)
List_of_unsolved_murders_(1980–1999)
French religious civil war
attempted to disinter a corpse that had been buried with Protestant rites. Bloodshed followed. Guise dispatched marshal de Brissac to the court with instructions
First French War of Religion (1562–1563)
First_French_War_of_Religion_(1562–1563)
2015 video game
people due to their proximity to the corpse of Kos, a Great One. Here, the hunter learns that the nightmare is the result of a curse cast upon Byrgenwerth
Bloodborne
1970s mass killing of Cambodians
one of the Westerners had been burned alive, but Kang Kek Iew ("Comrade Duch") denied that. He said that Pol Pot asked him to burn their corpses (after
Cambodian_genocide
1936 killing of Spanish monarchist leader
authors affirmed that the assassins counted on the complicity of the gravediggers to get rid of the corpse throwing it in the common grave or putting
Assassination of José Calvo Sotelo
Assassination_of_José_Calvo_Sotelo
Japanese web manga series
stumbles upon the hidden corpse. Meanwhile, Shizuka exploits Naoki's deteriorating mental state—his spiral into paranoia over hiding the crime, his frantic
Takopi's_Original_Sin
1974 film by Tobe Hooper
woman's rotting corpse. She escapes from the man by jumping through a second-floor window, and she flees to the gas station. With the man in pursuit,
The_Texas_Chain_Saw_Massacre
2022 video game
are vanquished, the Tarnished gains access to Marika's shattered corpse, which contains the remains of the Elden Ring. Depending on the Tarnished's actions
Elden_Ring
War crimes committed by the Empire of Japan
Japanese and his decomposing corpse was the first to be washed in accordance to Islamic custom and buried. They buried the Hui corpses in Jiuhua mountain, Dongguashi
Japanese_war_crimes
ghosts who died on the property and are now bound to the area, appearing as they did at the times of their deaths, until they can reach the afterlife. It was
List of Ghosts (American TV series) episodes
List_of_Ghosts_(American_TV_series)_episodes
Ideologies of change via capitalism and technology
included, such as those in #Accelerate: The Accelerationist Reader. In November 2025, Noys called the movement a "corpse" which had disappeared or been eclipsed
Accelerationism
Film by David Cronenberg
the three see Colin's bloodied corpse, dressed in a blonde wig and a dress to resemble Mansfield. Vaughan photographs the scene as they pass by. James notices
Crash_(1996_film)
2019 American disappearance, filicide and multiple murders case
pictures of the children's corpses were shown to jurors and audience. Lori asked to be excused from court that day; this was denied, as the defendant in
Vallow–Daybell doomsday murders
Vallow–Daybell_doomsday_murders
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001
news programs depicted the supporters of warlord Mohammed Aidid desecrating the corpses of troops. The backlash resulting from the incident prompted a drop
Bill_Clinton
American film directed by Ti West
from the basement. When she goes down, Howard locks the door and she discovers a naked male corpse hanging from the ceiling. Howard goes to the guesthouse
X_(2022_film)
Object in Virgil's "Aeneid"
search for the Golden Bough and the burial of Misenus's corpse – by having Erichtho search for a corpse with which to carry out a necromantic ritual. Susan
Golden_Bough_(Aeneid)
Short story by Edgar Allan Poe
come and, after the narrator's tapping on the wall is met with a shrieking sound, they find not only the wife's corpse but also the black cat that had
The_Black_Cat_(short_story)
Humanoid monster in Tolkien's fiction
'corpse'. If *orcné is to be glossed as orcus 'corpse', then the compound word can be construed as "demon-corpses", or "corpse from Orcus (i.e. the underworld)"
Orc
Series of urban fantasy stories
Handbook (2007) The Laughing Corpse adaptation Anita Blake: The Laughing Corpse—Animator 1–5 (10/2008 – 2/2009) Anita Blake: The Laughing Corpse—Necromancer
Anita_Blake:_Vampire_Hunter
Japanese light novel series
lured hunters into the dungeon so he could kill them and use their corpses to reproduce his army, while also attempting to conquer the dungeon for his own
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
Reborn_as_a_Vending_Machine,_I_Now_Wander_the_Dungeon
Series of hardcover fiction anthology books
2023. "Reader's Digest Select Editions, Volume 369, 2020. A Dangerous Man by Robert Crais, The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins, A Beautiful Corpse by Christi
Reader's Digest Select Editions
Reader's_Digest_Select_Editions
2004 action role-playing video game
its characters more quickly. The engine had a physics system permitting new features, such as monsters hurling corpses at the player or dying characters
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
Vampire:_The_Masquerade_–_Bloodlines
2008 death of an American toddler in Orlando, Florida, U.S.
13, 2008, meter reader Roy Kronk called police about a suspicious object found in a forested area near the Anthony residence. In the first instance, he
Death_of_Caylee_Anthony
Assassin of James A. Garfield (1841–1882)
Guiteau's corpse to meet demands of this burgeoning new market. Fearing scandal, the decision was made to disinter the corpse. The body was sent to the National
Charles_J._Guiteau
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Female
French
French name CERISE means "cherry."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Gloucestershire named Corse, from Welsh cors ‘marsh’, ‘bog’.Scottish : topographic name from northern Middle English cors, corse ‘cross’, or a habitational name for someone from any of various places, for example in Grampian and Orkney, named with this word.Danish or Dutch : from the personal name Corsse, a variant of Carsten, which was borne by Scandinavian settlers in New Netherland in the 17th century.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Corey, possibly CORIE means "deep hollow, ravine."
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia)
English (East Anglia) : apparently from a medieval personal name Copsi or Cofsi.
Female
French
Variant spelling of French Corinne, CORINE means "maiden."
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THU means "autumn."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a horse dealer, Middle English corser.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, Gaelic, German, Greek, Irish, Latin
Dweller Near a Hollow; From the Round Hill; The Hollow; Maiden; Seething Pool; Ravine
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : variant of Tye.
Girl/Female
American, British, English, Greek, Irish
Maiden; From the Round Hill; Seething Pool; Ravine
Girl/Female
Greek American
Goddess; godly. Also as abbreviation of names like Althea and Dorothea. The mythological Thea was...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a maker of cord or string or a nickname for a habitual wearer of decorative ties and ribbons, from the genitive or plural form of Old French corde ‘string’ (see Coard).Variant spelling of German Kordes.French : habitational name from any of several places called Cordes.
Surname or Lastname
English (common in the Midlands)
English (common in the Midlands) : from Middle English cope ‘cloak’, ‘cape’ (from Old English cÄp reinforced by the Old Norse cognate kápa), hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made cloaks or capes, or a nickname for someone who wore a distinctive one. Compare Cape.
Girl/Female
English Irish
From the round hill; seething pool; or ravine.
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Girl/Female
English American Irish
From the round hill; seething pool; or ravine.
Boy/Male
Norse
Short.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English word tye, TYE means "pasture."
Boy/Male
English
From the enclosure.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Corp.
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THE CORPSE-READER
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Norfolk)
English (mainly Norfolk) : variant of Wooding.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ragin ‘counsel’ + wald ‘rule’, which was first introduced to England by Scandinavian settlers in the Old Norse form Rǫgnvaldr (see Ronald), and greatly reinforced after the Conquest by the Norman forms Reinald, Reynaud. The surname is occasionally also borne by Jews, in which case it presumably represents an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Having Coils
Male
English
Variant form of English Jeremiah, JEREMY means "Jehovah casts forth" or "Jehovah hurls."Â
Boy/Male
African, Arabic, Australian, Egyptian, Hebrew, Japanese, Swahili, Swedish
The Messiah; From Kikuyu; God Saves; God is Our Salvation; God's Promise; God is My Oath; Loyal
Boy/Male
Scottish
Smith.
Male
French
French form of Latin Leander, LÉANDRE means "lion-man."Â
Boy/Male
Muslim
Arranger
Boy/Male
Shakespearean Italian
Twelfth Night', also called 'What You Will' Orsino, Duke of Illyria.
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n.
A corpse; the dead body of a human being.
a.
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
n.
The Norse language.
v. i.
See Thee.
a.
Characterized by copses.
n.
The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc.
n.
The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.
superl.
Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.
n.
See Coupe.
n.
Race course; horse racing; -- preceded by the.
a.
See Couple-close.
n.
See Copse.
n.
A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.
superl.
Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.
pl.
of Couple-close
definite article.
A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
n. sing. & pl.
A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps.
adv.
By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.
n.
That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.
v. t.
To plant and preserve, as a copse.