▪ I. † ˈcorsie, n. and a. Obs. (exc. dial.)
Forms: α. 5 coresy, corysy; 6 corrosie, -ey, corasey, 6–7 corasie, (9 dial. corrosy, corrisee, -zee, correesy). β. 6 corsie, coarsie, coresie, -ey, 6–7 corsey, corzie, corzy(e.
[Reduced from corĕsive, corrosive, by weakening of final -if, -ive, to -ie, -y, as in hastif, -ive, hasty, tardif, -ive, tardy; and by syncopation of the medial short vowel as in corsive.]
A. n.
1. = corrosive n. (usually fig.)
| α c 1450 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 217 There is non erbe that growyth on grounde Nor no coresy may queth that qued. 1530 Tindale Prol. Pentateuch Wks. (1573) 10 He..doth but heale hys woundes with freatyng coroseis. 15.. Pater Sapientiæ xliv. in Ashm. (1652) 199 Sulphurs in waters of Corrosie. a 1625 Boys Wks. (1630) 476 The law..is rather a corasie then an healing medicine. |
| β 1526 Tindale Pathw. Scripture Wks. (1573) 383 The Law..is a sharpe salue, and a freatyng corsey, and killeth the dead flesh. 1552 Huloet, Gyue or minister a corsey, vrere hominem. 1556 J. Heywood Sp. & Flie xiv. 33 That corsey woulde curstly your stomake gnaw. a 1604 Churchyard Challenge 37 And corzies rose, that made a running sore. a 1655 Vines Lord's Supp. (1677) 347 Let the patient see and search his sin, and apply the corzy of the Law. |
2. fig. A cause of trouble and grief, a grievance.
| α 1548 Hall Chron. 176 Which was a great displeasure to y⊇ kyng, and a mere corasey [Grafton corrosey] to the quene. 1569 Newton Cicero's Old Age 4 Shoulde the same discommodities, corasies and greeuaunces happen unto me. 1573 Tusser Husb. (1878) 50 So lose ye your cost, to your coresie and smart. 1599 Warn. Faire Wom. ii. 1651 Your mother; Leaving you, poore soules, by her offence, A coresie and a scandall to the world. 1847–78 Halliwell, Corrosy, a grudge; ill will. Devon. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Gloss., Correesy, Corrizee, an old grudge; a sort of family feud handed down from father to son. |
| β c 1534 tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden) I. 241 This was such a corsie to the herte of Edwinus that shortlie after hee died. 1567 Turberv. Epitaph Sir J. Tregonwell, It was no corsie to this Knight long travaile to sustaine. 1598 R. Barckley Felic. Man iii. (1603) 276 Princes..feele many times more corzies and unquietnesse of mind. 1601 Dent Pathw. Heaven 314 Is it not a corsey, that the Ministers of Christ should be of scandalous conuersation? |
B. adj. Corrosive; smarting; purulent.
| 1598 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. iii. (1641) 98/2 The pining Phthisik fils them all with pushes, Whence a slowe spowt of cor'sie matter gushes. |
▪ II. corsie, a.2
var. corsy, corpulent, big-bodied.
▪ III. † ˈcorsie, v. Obs. rare.
In 6–7 corzye, -zie.
[f. corsie n.]
trans. To treat with a corrosive; fig. to vex, afflict, distress.
| 1574 tr. Marlorat's Apocalips 34 When the faithful bee corzyed in themselues with the sting of sinne. 1601 Dent Pathw. Heaven (1603) 37 They ingender so much proud flesh in us, that we need daily to be corzied. |