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corposant
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CORPOSANT
n.A name given by seamen to a luminous appearance often beheld, in dark tempestuous nights, about the decks and rigging of a ship, but particularly at the mastheads and yard-arms, supposed to be electrical.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CORPOSANT
Cor "po *sant (kr "p-znt ), n. Etym: [It. corpo santo holy body. ]
Defn: St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint.
New American Oxford Dictionary
corposant
cor po sant |ˈkôrpəˌsant, -zant ˈkɔrpəsænt | ▶noun archaic an appearance of St. Elmo's fire on a mast, rigging, or other structure. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Old Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian corpo santo ‘holy body. ’
Oxford Dictionary
corposant
corposant |ˈkɔːpəzant | ▶noun archaic an appearance of St Elmo's fire on a mast, rigging, or other structure. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Old Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian corpo santo ‘holy body ’.
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