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Corsned

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(n.) 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Corsned'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/corsned.html. 1828.
 
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