a. Obs. Forms: 5 corcy, 5–6 corsy(e, 6 corssy, coarsye, corsey, 6–7 corsie. [ad. F. corsé, in OF. corsu, having body, corpulent, f. cors body; the ending is assimilated to that of Eng. adjs. in -Y.] Corpulent, big-bodied, stout.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 92. Corcy or corercyows, corpulentus.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, XII. viii. 34. The corsy pasand Osyris [he] hes slane.
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot. (1858), I. 7. Strang of nature, corsie and corageous.
1607. Topsell, Serpents (1608), 259. Podagra … went … to the house of a certaine fat, rich, and well-monied man; and quietly laid herselfe down at the feete of this corsie sire.
