corpse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: corpse	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for corpse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
corpse n 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" Synonym(s): cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Corpse \Corpse\ (k[ocir]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.] Note: Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See {Corps}, n., 1. 2. The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D. Webster. {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}.